Re: COBOL Parsers

Hi folks:


This isn't really a compiler problem, but a simple text-processing
one. Do have a look at the language SNOBOL 4, especially with any of
the Spitbol compilers. See http://www.Snobol4.com . Don't laugh if
you thought SNOBOL4 died; it's alive and well and doing the same sort
of amazing things (string processing, pattern recognition, data
structures ...) as always, especially one-off and special purpose jobs
like this one, although some amazing things have been done with it
like a compiler for a PL/I-like system language in ~700 lines!
There's a mailing list available via the above web site if you need
starters.


Mark Rickan wrote:
> Does anyone have any insights/experience on options for parsing COBOL?
> I am working on a project where we will need to extract data file
> declarations and access these files using other applications using
> multiplatform C/C++.
--
John H. Lindsay >> Note new e-mail address >> eil@kingston.net
48 Fairway Hill Crescent, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7M 2B4.
Phone: (613) 546-6988 Fax: (613) 542-6987
[It really is a compiler problem, but I agree that you can do some
amazing text and pattern things in Snobol4. It's stood up remarkably
well for a language designed thirty years ago (I used it in high
school in 1970). Also look at Icon, the more supple follow-on
language designed by the same guys. -John]

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