Cygwin

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 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

Cygwin is an amazing POSIX based development environment which offers unix like environment with shared library options

But, when you try to install, it will ask for administrative privileges

This article helps command line based argument to install Cygwin without admin right

Type this below command to install Cygwin without admin rights

Run REXX in windows

This article explains, how to compile and install REXX in MSYS2 with GCC compiler installation

Step 1: Install Cygwin same as gnuCOBOL installation document 

Additionally install regina-rexx which shipped with cygwin

Step 2: Check GCC version

GTK windows design using glade builder

GitHub: https://github.com/dickensas/kotlin-gradle-templates/tree/master/gtk3-glade3

This code explains how to use Kotlin to program GTK3 and Glade3 using Cygwin Glade designer

Install cygwin with below dependencies (basic cygwin installation explained here install R using cygwin)

R is amazing platform which many numerical methods and analysis options available

This article explains how to use R in Windows using Cygwin

Reason for Cygwin, it has X11 and Cygwin-X with amazing setup selection tools and many libraries

Below are the installation steps

Step 1: Download and install Cygwin and dependencies

64 Bit Windows: https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe 32 Bit Windows: https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe