COBOL

Embed inside COBOL code

In Reference to the gnuCOBOL FAQ and How To

Inline REXX code as string in COBOL code can be passed to REXX SAA API via C Code

Run COBOL using Apache Server

COBOL compiled to an EXE in windows can be placed in Apache cgi-bin folder or any other folder where ExecCGI is enabled

Enable CGI module in Apache

LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so

Write COBOL code "gnucobolcgi.cob"

Run COBOL in windows

Why COBOL in 2020?

The reason is, many migration still happening from mainframe COBOL to Java or .NET

If the developer knows how test the COBOL in his local machine, then it benefits the migration to speed up

This article demonstrates the Cygwin dependencies to compile gnuCOBOL from source code

Install Cygwin with below list of dependencies