Re: Will Linux on the mainframe kill COBOL?

Peter Lacey wrote: 
Richard wrote:

The Linux "environment" is no different so far as a language is
concerned from any other - UNIX, Windows, mainframe O/S,


There is the very real issue that with Linux C, C++, Java, Perl,
Python, PHP, and several others are already installed and available
ready to use for free with extensive libraries while Cobol has to be
purchased and installed, and usually also requires run-time licencing.


The question as I understood it was what effect Linux would have - not
the licensing costs.  I wouldn't want to say that there isn't a free
Cobol product available.


Are you aware of one that's worth two shakes?

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