[vcf-midatlantic] COBOL: vintage vs. legacy code

[Joseph S. Barrera III]

> Give Legacy Code New Life With Modern COBOL AppDev: Using COBOL as a JVM
language

I think Digital was doing this 30+ years ago, if you replace "JVM" with
"VAX standard calling procedures" :-)

http://odl.sysworks.biz/disk$cddoc04jan11/decw$book/aa-h632e-te.p14.decw$book

        "VAX standard calling procedures [...] allow VAX
        COBOL programs to call (and be called by) other
        programs written in VAX COBOL, other VAX languages
        (such as BASIC, FORTRAN, and MACRO), system
        services, common run-time library subroutines, and
        screens produced by VAX Forms handling products."

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> This popped up on a screen on SourceForge just now:
>
>
>        Give Legacy Code New Life With Modern COBOL AppDev: Using COBOL
>        as a JVM language
>
> With billions of lines of COBOL in use, this business language powers a
> large percentage of every ATM, government, and many other business
> transactions. Many businesses are looking for new ways to utilize decades
> of solid business logic without having to replace a mission critical
> application.
>
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>
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>
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>
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