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1. COBOLworx Packages Updated

   Bob just built new Tip Of The Spear GCC COBOL and gdb-cobol packages for Ubuntu 22 and 24. These packages contain work done since the Big Merge for GCC 15.2. For simplicity:

   • GCC COBOL package download
   • gdb-cobol package page
     • For Ubuntu 24 download
     • for Ubuntu 22 download
   @Marty in [ misc ] Fri 22 August 2025

2. Opinion - What To Do About COBOL!!

   The trope is that COBOL is this terrible old thing and “Something Must Be Done!” We disagree.

   @Marty in [ COBOL ] Tue 15 April 2025

3. Holding our Breath!

   We hear that GCC 15 is hours/days from going into the can for Release.

   @Marty in [ GCC COBOL ] Mon 14 April 2025

4. April Fools 2025

   COBOL has exploded into a Yuge April Fools Day topic

   @Marty in [ misc ] Fri 04 April 2025

5. AI To COBOL’s Rescue?

   Three stories about AI and Elon bringing the Social Security Administration’s COBOL to the “modern world.”

   @Marty in [ COBOL ] Fri 28 March 2025

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