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COBOL? Really?!?!?!?!?

You betcha! COBOL is not dead, in fact developers are making lots of money taking over for programmers retiring because there is over 800 billion lines of COBOL code out there! This is the first of a series of videos taking you through the COBOL language, and how you can learn to program using it for free, other than just your time.

COBOL 02 (Next): Your First COBOL Program: https://youtu.be/Kl_7Qld-sKI

COBOL Template: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sb5titaosmavg12yoauow/CobolTemplateLinux.zip?rlkey=5nqdely8fmew9m7wt5h3lrjyn&dl=0

Supporting Video Links:
- Setting up your computer’s BIOS/UEIF to run virtualized operating systems: https://youtu.be/u_m1NO7uHOU
- Installing Virtualbox and Linux on Windows: https://youtu.be/jo-6duFVFQE
- Installing VMWare and Linux on Window: https://youtu.be/13TWa9RBMvE
- Setting up the Windows System for Linux on Windows: https://youtu.be/lyPTo_WL71g
- Setting up Compilers on Windows using MSYS2: https://youtu.be/-bGu3Dpxi2s

Commands for MSYS2 on Windows installation
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Web site to download MSYS2 for Windows: https://www.msys2.org

- paceman -Syu
- pacman -Su
- pacman -S --needed base-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
- paceman -S development
- pacman -S vim
- pacman -S nano
- pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-gnucobol

Commands for WSL on Windows installation
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- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
- sudo apt install -y build-essential
- sudo apt install -y geany
- sudo apt install -y geany-plugins
- sudo apt install -y gedit
- sudo apt install -y ghex
- sudo apt install -y xterm
- sudo apt install -y gnucobol

Commands for Linux Installation
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- sudo apt update
- sudo apt upgrade
- sudo apt install -y build-essential
- sudo apt install -y geany
- sudo apt install -y geany-plugins
- sudo apt install -y gedit
- sudo apt install -y ghex
- sudo apt install -y xterm
- sudo apt install -y gnucobol

Web site to download IBM x86 Cobol and documentation: https://www.ibm.com/products/cobol-compiler-linux-x86
To install IBM Cobol for x86, please watch the video

00:00 Introduction to Cobol, What is it?
04:56 Installing MSYS2 and GNU-Cobol on Windows
22:21 Installing Windows Subsystem for LInux and GNU-Cobol
35:55 Installing GNU-Cobol on Linux
39:26 Installing IBM Cobol on Linux
49:40 In Conclusion