U-Fabrice Le Fessant ufingqe ukuthuthukiswa kweminyaka engu-20 komdidiyeli wamahhala we-GnuCOBOL, okuvumela ukuthi uhumushe izinhlelo ze-COBOL zibe isethulo esingu-C ukuze sihlanganiswe ngokulandelayo usebenzisa i-GCC noma abanye abahlanganisi be-C. Ngokusho kukaFabris, iphrojekthi isifinyelele ekuvuthweni, ukulungela ukusetshenziswa ezinhlelweni zezimboni kanye nekhono lokuncintisana nezixazululo zobunikazi. Izinzuzo zokuncintisana ze-GnuCOBOL zifaka phakathi ukusekelwa kwezilimi zesigodi ezingu-19 zolimi lwe-COBOL, ukusebenza okuphezulu kanye nenkundla ehlukahlukene, okuvumela ikhithi yamathuluzi ukuthi isetshenziswe ezinhlelweni ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa i-Linux, i-BSD, i-macOS, i-Windows, i-Android kanye nama-OS amaningi afana ne-Unix ahlobene.
Ngokusho kwesikhulumi, muva nje kube khona ukuqaliswa okusebenzayo kwe-GnuCOBOL yizinkampani zezentengiselwano namabhange, ezidlulisa izinto ezingemuva ezibhalwe nge-COBOL ziye ku-GnuCOBOL zisuka kumdidiyeli wobunikazi we-Micro Focus. Kuyaphawulwa ukuthi ukushintshela ku-GnuCOBOL kukuvumela ukuthi ufinyelele ukukhiqiza okwandayo futhi ukhiphe ukuvala ukungena kumthengisi oyedwa. Isibonelo, uMnyango Wezezimali WaseFrance usanda kushintsha ikhompuyutha yohlaka oluyinhloko esebenzisa isistimu yokusebenza ye-GCOS ngesixazululo esisekelwe ku-GnuCOBOL.
Phakathi kwemicimbi ehlobene ne-GnuCOBOL, singaphinda sikhulume ngokushicilelwa kwenguqulo yokuqala yendawo ehlanganisiwe yokuthuthukiswa kwe-SuperBOL Studio, ebhalwe ngolimi lwe-OCaml futhi yasatshalaliswa ngaphansi kwamalayisensi e-AGPLv3, MIT kanye ne-ISC. I-SuperBOL Studio iyisandiso kumhleli wekhodi ye-VS Code esebenza ne-GnuCOBOL compiler futhi yakhelwe ukuthuthukisa, ukulungisa amaphutha kanye nokwenza iphrofayela kumaphrojekthi we-COBOL. I-SuperBOL futhi ihlinzeka ngokuqaliswa kweseva ye-LSP (Iphrothokholi Yeseva Yolimi) yokuhlanganisa ukuzulazula kwekhodi ye-COBOL, ukucozulula, nokuhlela amathuluzi kwenye i-IDE.
Kulo nyaka, ulimi lwe-COBOL luzohlanganisa iminyaka engu-65 ubudala, kanti luhlala lungolunye lwezilimi ezisetshenziswa kakhulu zokuhlela, kanye noyedwa wabaholi ngokwenani lekhodi ebhaliwe. Ulimi luyaqhubeka nokushintsha, isibonelo, amakhono angeziwe e-COBOL-2002 ohlelo olugxile entweni, kanye nezinga le-COBOL 2014 lethule ukusekelwa kokucaciswa kwephoyinti elintantayo le-IEEE-754, ukulayishwa ngokweqile kwendlela, namathebula anwebekayo. Inani eliphelele lekhodi elibhalwe ku-COBOL lilinganiselwa kumigqa eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-220, lapho i-100 billion isasetshenziswa, ikakhulukazi ezikhungweni zezezimali (kusukela ngo-2017, i-43% yezinhlelo zamabhange zaqhubeka nokusebenzisa i-COBOL, ikhodi ye-COBOL isetshenziselwe ukucubungula mayelana U-80% wemisebenzi yezezimali yomuntu siqu kanye namatheminali angu-95% okwamukela izinkokhelo ngamakhadi asebhange).
Source: opennet.ru