On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 13:46 -0500, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Always Learning wrote: > <snip> > > Thanks for the Ubuntu recommendation. I tend to buy the DVD's and > > install from them. I have VBox running Win98SE on a Centos desktop > > because I want to run software and applications from 1992 (my own DOS > > Cobol database) which also runs in DosBox, 1993 (my customised Ami Pro > > Why not install gcc, and recompile your COBOL for Linux? <g> > <snip> > > mark, pulling a brown paper bag over his head before admitting > to having written a *lot* of COBOL back before I got to > Unix Years ago, before I discovered PHP, I might have. Cobol was the second language I leaned in 1967 from a hardware manufacturer's tutor who didn't have a clue. The first was Easycoder (an assembler type) which I loved. Having used Cobol for 30+ years and remembering it with some affection and also remembering a Schiphol airport programmer's 15 page compound IF statement (Hallo Hans! 60 coding lines a page; GO TO was banned) it is a bit long-winded. These days I prefer PHP with the fast MySQL databases. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.