opensourcecobol/opensourcecobol4j repository overview

⁠opensource COBOL 4J and Open COBOL ESQL 4J.

"opensource COBOL 4J" is an open-source COBOL compiler that translates COBOL to Java. "Open COBOL ESQL 4J" is an open-source SQL precompiler for opensource COBOL 4J.

Execute the following commands in order to run the "Hello World" COBOL program.

# Move to the sample directory
cd /root/cobol_sample

# Translate COBOL to Java and compile the Java source file.
$ cobj HELLO.cbl

# The cobc compiler produces HELLO.java and HELLO.class
$ ls
HELLO.cbl  HELLO.class  HELLO.java

# Run "Hello World"
$ java HELLO
HELLO WORLD!