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Patches Posted For Review Adding COBOL Frontend To GCC Compiler
The COBOL programming language may be 65 years old since its original release but the mainline GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) in 2025 might finally see upstream support for it.
The COBOL programming language may be 65 years old since its original release but the mainline GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) in 2025 might finally see upstream support for it. The GNU Compiler Collection is predominantly known for its C, C++, and Fortran language front-ends but there's been much activity in recent years around the Rust "gccrs" support as well as Ada, D, and Go. Now to see if this COBOL front-end is in good enough shape for upstreaming into the GCC compiler six decades after the debut of this programming language.
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