Hi. When I was in university I worked for a short time by using COBOL, I only learned how to read and write into a .txt file by using this language, and now I want to go deeper with that.
So I found an online lesson of this language and it is said that I have to download the IDE Net Express 5.1 before starting. But this IDE is free for only 30 days (and the link is dead, I didn't search a other link yet).
So my very simple question is :
Do you know a other good IDE for COBOL that is free or I have to get a cracked version of Net Express 5.1 ?
Thanks in advance for your respond.
vim
Vim
yeah vi or ed or whatever the absolute fucking ancient system running COBOL you were tasked to maintain runs.
There's going to be high demand for COBOL programmers to maintain all that ancient legacy code since everyone who knows COBOL now is either dying or retiring.
And yeah, use vim to start out. I'd recommend you start with 'vimtutor'.
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OpenCOBOLIDE.