[Info-vax] [OT] Programming languages on Unix, was: Re: [OT] Unix terminal drivers

[Bernard Giroud]

Le 21/05/2012 17:05, Dirk Munk a écrit :
> Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2012-05-21, Paul Sture<paul at sture.ch> wrote:
>>> On Sun, 20 May 2012 23:51:17 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2012-05-20, David Froble<davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't know much (anything) about Unix, but with the tools on VMS some
>>>>> very capable input functions can be implemented. What's important to
>>>>> me is, on VMS I don't have to use "C".
>>>>
>>>> Strangely enough, I'm not forced to use C on Unix either. :-)
>>>>
>>>> My day-to-day languages on Unix include C, Ada, Python, PHP (work only;
>>>> you won't catch me using it at home), and bash for shell scripting.
>>>
>>> I came across this rant about PHP over the weekend.
>>>
>>> "PHP: a fractal of bad design"
>>>
>>> http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/
>>>
>>>> Other languages I have used or have considered using on Unix over the
>>>> years include Fortran, Java, COBOL, Pascal, Modula-2 and C++.
>>>
>>> I was looking for a Unix COBOL a few years ago, but came up with a
>>> blank,
>>> though I will admit I was looking at free/cheap solutions.
>>>
>>
>> The two I know about are:
>>
>> OpenCOBOL at http://www.opencobol.org/
>
> OpenCobol 1.0 dates from 2008, OpenCobol 1.1 beta dates from 2007. No
> updates in 4 years? Seems a rather dead project to me.

No. It is not ! But Roger While is working alone on a major update. In 
the meantime, Brian Tiffin has just uploaded on Sourceforge the current 
version, wrongly named OpenCobol 1.1 prerelease (or Beta) IMHO. It is a 
mature project although there is still room for improvement.
>
>
>>
>> and
>>
>> TinyCOBOL at http://tiny-cobol.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> TinyCOBOL development has now ended. COBOL is a language I considered
>> using on Unix but never actually did, so I don't know what quality and
>> functionality the compilers possess.
>>
>> I've found the following link which should give you a overview for the
>> other languages on my list:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compilers
>>
>> Modula-2 is not on that list however, and can be found at:
>>
>> http://www.nongnu.org/gm2/homepage.html
>>
>> That is the other language I considered, but never used so I also don't
>> know the quality of the port. Be aware that it's based on what is now
>> a old version of gcc (4.1.2).
>>
>> For Pascal, the GNU Pascal port is seriously dated, so you are probably
>> far better off with the Free Pascal port. It's been many years since I
>> last used either of them however, so my knowledge about them is not
>> current.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
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