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cobol_to_elixir
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Ask HN: How do I learn (real life) COBOL?
as an outsider (and thus potentially ignorant of pitfalls): I'm a big fan of the strategy to add transpilers to modern languages so that we can start writing new code in them, have them output COBOL, and then eventually have enough of the codebase written in the new lang to swap over to it instead.
I'm thinking of the Elixir->COBOL like this: https://github.com/TheFirstAvenger/cobol_to_elixir
Was speaking with the author about a year ago and he was having really good success with it.
cobol-programming-co
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Ask HN: Why is there so little info on the web about IBM mainframe programming?
https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-co...
Also, mainframes are really good at high throughput transactional jobs. That's why you see them in banks, transportation, insurance, etc. Big Tech™ doesn't see it as "cool" and are too focused on the Next Big Thing™, so there's not a lot of attention there. Sometimes, boring just gets the job done.
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Ask HN: How do I learn (real life) COBOL?
A great learning resource for COBOL is the Open Mainframe Project's COBOL Programming Course. The content is self-paced with labs and the best part is you get to do the labs on a real Mainframe.
Check it out: https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-co...
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Ask HN: What Niche Language to Learn?
It's certainly not as straighforward as learning a more popular language and environment, but there are online resources if you look for them. A quick search yielded https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-co...
There appears to be an active community around it, and I'm sure getting help in an apprenticeship sort of way is possible. Again, we're talking about a niche language, so you can't expect the same level of accessibility as NodeJS or Go.
As for finding jobs, they're probably few and far between, but appear to be well paid from what I've heard. Places that need COBOL programmers will announce it, opportunities will likely come up from other contacts in the community, and cold contacting companies you know are using it is always an option.
What are some alternatives?
cobol-programming-course - Training materials and labs for a "Getting Started" level course on COBOL
perceptronCobol - A perceptron written in COBOL
Awesome-Mainframe-Hacking
Awesome-Mainframes - Awesome list of mainframe related resources & projects