Subj : Manual
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Vincent Coen
Date : Fri Sep 04 2026 09:14 pm


Hello Sean!

04 Sep 26 13:21, you wrote to me:

 > -=> Vincent Coen wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 VC>> Now I program as well although using the GnuCobol compiler that
 VC>> traslates into C and compiles to binary etc AND I do not get
 VC>> warning or errors and if I do I fix them as a matter of course. I
 VC>> do not accept
 VC>> any warning or error messages as acceptable.

 > That's just the nature of running 35-year-old C code through a modern
 > compiler—-it's going to shout, but it is what it is. Since we can't
 > change how GCC behaves much with old code, there's not much use
 > worrying about it unless you want to refactor the whole codebase for
 > free...which is something I don't think anyone wants to do on their
 > own time.

If you are referring to age of sources, my site of programs that is over 500k
lines of code in Cobol started life around 1970 odd. Some sections before and
others later. The compiler at the time was Micro Focus Workbench but I
discontinued that after the later new version of its successor went to 6k
pounds and now that yet another company has bought it it is ever more 
expensive
with even less support, even for obtaining the personal edition (as I now
offer all the sources FOC as O/S on SF.

So switched to using GnuCobol which is free to obtain and use.
Just took some time to migrate it but not that long - under 40 hours.


Vincent


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