COBOL COMPILER?

[norman.dodge@techall.wa.com]

Hello News!

  > Bill Scheffler <schefflr@news.msus.edu> wrote:
>        Does anyone know where I could find a Cobol compiler for the Apple
>II?  Preferably free?  Thanks.

NM>    Larry Virden's catalog of Apple II languages and such lists a
  > total of one, and the requirements are kinda steep:

NM> 1) It was from Microsoft
  > 2) It ran under CP/M [requiring a Z80 card]

NM>    Given that COBOL was almost exclusively relegated to the mainframe
  > business realm, this apparent lack of compilers isn't too surprising.

NM>    [There's also the fact that not so many people admit to being
  > COBOL programmers nowadays :]

 N> Nathan Mates

Nathan:  What about Nevada Cobol.  Is it still around? It was pretty cheep.

Norman Dodge

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