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perceptronCobol
- [Alien Hunter Series Pt. 1] Mastering the COBOL Programming Language
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COBOL wants to find out just how popular it is
I used to work in a bank with people that came from mainframes. They use to talk about Cobol and how it was a well paid job, cause of the lack of programmers.
As a way of learning the language I end up writing a perceptron in it [1]. It was a fun exercise.
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Ask HN: How do I learn (real life) COBOL?
I don't know if this could be considered "learning" in the sense that you mean, but I chose code that I wrote in a familiar language and re-wrote it in Cobol. It was fun and I end up learning a lot.
- GnuCOBOL – a free/libre COBOL compiler
cobol-programming-course
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[Alien Hunter Series Pt. 1] Mastering the COBOL Programming Language
Link: https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course
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I think
IBM has some Open mainframe Training course
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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...
- COBOL Programming Course
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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.
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How can I find sample projects to practice?
There's a free course hosted by Open Mainframe Project here: https://github.com/openmainframeproject/cobol-programming-course
What are some alternatives?
cob-webber - Shelob of Cirith Ungol
cobol-programming-co
cobol-on-wheelchair - Micro web-framework for COBOL
SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer
COBOL-Guest-Book-Webapp - A simple guest book demonstration written in GnuCOBOL
sm64 - A Super Mario 64 decompilation, brought to you by a bunch of clever folks.
You-Dont-Know-JS - A book series on JavaScript. @YDKJS on twitter.
cobol_to_elixir
proleap-cobol-parser - ProLeap ANTLR4-based parser for COBOL
COBOL-Guide - COBOL Guide