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WINIDE Rewrite with significant improvements
We have finished creating the perfect GnuCOBOL IDE :-) This software is free forever . Moreover, it offers free regular updates. It is more straightforward than any other COBOL IDE and matches or surpasses their functionality. The kinetic debugger introduces a professional-level debugger to GnuCOBOL. Executing EXEC SQL is seamlessly integrated into the compilation process with IBM Community Edition DB2. A preprocessor examines your program for 'EXEC SQL' statements. When dete
Ralph Linkletter
6 days ago
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Claude, "make me a sales order entry application in COBOL"
I spent some more time with Claude. I was curious to observe how Claude would handle a request for application generation. My findings: I...
Ralph Linkletter
Aug 15
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Magical Thinking? Migration of zOS applications to Windows, Linux, or a server farm
July 2025 Magical Thinking - Possibly - Most likely. Hoping for a migration success doesn't make it happen. I believe migrations should...
Ralph Linkletter
Jul 15
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The demise of COBOL ? Huh?
The graphic below illustrates the usage of GnuCOBOL through WINZOS over the past calendar quarter. This graphic shows WINZOS usage by...
Ralph Linkletter
Jul 1
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