TinyCOBOL resources.

Here is the resources that the most of COBOL programmers could be use to develop your systems with TinyCOBOL. Also, there are some projects related to COBOL language.

TinyCOBOL Documentation

• Command Line Options Reference

• TinyCOBOL compiler front-end
• Load and run TinyCOBOL modules (shared libraries or DLLs)
• TinyCOBOL free-to-fixed source converter front-end

• TinyCOBOL FAQ

• TinyCOBOL WikiWiki

• Presentations

• I Pernambuco Linux Forum(Slides in brazilian portuguese language only)
• IV International Forum of Free Software
• V International Forum of Free Software(Slides only)

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Other COBOL related projects.

• The COBOL web page at the Free Software Foundation (GNU).
• A complete list of COBOL's FAQ.
• An older but different list of COBOL's FAQ.
• A catalog of free compilers and interpreters . Unfortunately while the information is very thorough it is not up to date.

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Editors which can be used with COBOL

• THE (The Hessling Editor), an open source editor similar to mainframes editor such as X*dit.
• A much improved COBOL syntax file for VIM is available at Sitaram's COBOL-VIM Page .
• Information on using emacs with COBOL can be found COBOL For GCC home page .
• A free format COBOL mode for xemacs can be found on Azundris elisp-Hacks web pages.
• PFE is a free Win32 editor which can read/write UN*X type files.
• ConTEXT is a free Win32 programmers editor which can be be used as a IDE.
• SourceNavigator is a free IDE which have support to COBOL.

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Open Source and free COBOL Compilers

• Cobol For GCC is a project to develop an COBOL 85 (2002) compliant COBOL compiler, which will be integrated with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
  It's current status is unknown.
• OpenCOBOL is a project to develop a COBOL 85 (200x) to C translating compiler.
  It's current status is active.
• GCC-COBOL is an experimental implementation of a COBOL frontend to GCC based on OpenCOBOL.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• COBOL12 is a COBOL compiler for DOS written in assembler.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• Cevela MX COBOL is a COBOL to C translating compiler for DOS.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• CobCy was a COBOL to C++ translating compiler.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• COBOL2C, formerly known as GNU COBOL, was project to develop an COBOL 85 compliant compiler.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• OTCOBOL was project to develop a COBOL 85 compiler for DOS.
  It's current status is inactive, with any future development unlikely.
• Wildcat COBOL Compiler was project to develop a COBOL compiler for MS-NET.
  It's current status is unknown. The source code is no longer publicly available.

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Open and free OLTP

• The Free Transaction Processing Monitor project.
  

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COBOL grammar

• A full COBOL grammar , which can be used to create COBOL parser.
• A full VS COBOL II grammar , which can be used to create COBOL II parser.
• A Java COBOL Parser is avaliable. It reads the COBOL source and generates a syntax tree.

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Compiler tools for COBOL

• YACC version 1.9.3 - Berkeley's YACC (byacc) version 1.9.3.
  This enhanced version of Berkeley's YACC can be used to parse large grammars such as COBOL.
  Using previous versions on the TinyCOBOL grammar, will result in an abort on a table overflow error.
• BtYacc - Berkeley backtracking YACC.
  This enhanced version of Berkeley's YACC can be used to parse LALR(n) grammars, such as COBOL and C++.

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COBOL related standards

• ISO/IEC COBOL language standard is available.
• X/Open COBOL language extensions standard is available.
• The NIST test suite. A certification requirement to the COBOL standard.
• COBOL language draft standard 200x is available for download.