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azac / cobol-on-wheelchair
cobol-on-wheelchair
Micro web-framework for COBOL
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Micro web-framework for COBOL
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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COBOL on Wheelchair
Micro web-framework for COBOL (in statu nascendi)
OK, COBOL-ON-COGS was funny, but why not try that for real? ;)
Things you'll need to run COBOL on Wheelchair:
GNU Cobol (sudo apt-get install open-cobol)
Ability to run cgi-bin on Apache server
Installation
git clone https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair/
cd cobol-on-wheelchair
./downhill.sh
Tutorial
https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair/blob/master/tutorial/index.md
Read the full README on GitHubWhat Hacker News says
30 sourcesSee also:
Cobol on Cogs: http://www.coboloncogs.org/HOME.HTM
Cobol on Wheelchair: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
In Webbol: A minimal static web server written in COBOLThere's also Cobol on Wheelchair[0], although they didn't follow the good name abbreviation practice.
[0] https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
In DOS on Dope: The last MVC web framework you'll ever need (2010)Reminded me of COBOL on Wheelchair: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
In DOS on Dope: The last MVC web framework you'll ever need (2010)COBOL on Wheelchair: Micro web-framework for COBOL
108 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
I need to share this in all its glory. There is a working COBOL web framework. "Still got it!" it croaked from the corner.
In COBOL’s youth culture> I remember an April fools joke from 20 years ago promoting COBOL as the hot new web language, maybe it's finally time
Cobol on Wheelchair https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
Cobol on Cogs http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM
In COBOL Programming CourseIt’d be great to learn about other code by prominent politicians.
Off the top of my head, I only recall one other example: COBOL on Wheelchair [0], a web micro-framework for GNU COBOL, written by Adrian Zandberg [1], a Polish MP.
[0]: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Zandberg
In Singapore prime minister Lee Hsien Loong’s Sudoku solver (2018)Why not COBOL of Wheelchair?
https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
In DOS on Dope (2010)Azac/COBOL-on-wheelchair: Micro web-framework for COBOL
3 points · Open discussionThere is also COBOL on Wheelchair:
https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
IIRC both of them where featured on the HN front page once.
In IBM COBOL for Linux on x86COBOL on wheelchair: https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
In An Apology to COBOL: Maybe Old Technology Isn’t the Real ProblemSo I guess you could use https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair and develop your entire app in a Worker. Great!
In Cloudflare Workers now supports COBOLI thought of https://github.com/azac/cobol-on-wheelchair
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