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Descriptions: Cobol was first used in the 1960s, and there are still LOTS of Cobol programs kicking around on mainframes. It is a business-oriented language that is compiled and partially self-documenting (commands and source code are usually easy to understand).
In order to run the COBOL versions below, you need to install a Unix-like environment, such as Cygwin. TinyCobol has a Cygwin-specific install version, with instructions.
History: COBOL was designed within a 6 month period in 1959, and the first specification was COBOL 60.Applications: Numerous business applications.
Official Homepages:
Open Cobol page
Tiny Cobol page
Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol
Newsletter/magazine: none known
Related links: Wikipedia page for COBOL
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