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    From Bruce Axtens@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 13 06:55:31 2022
    Hello everyone

    COBOL is starting to get somewhere on Exercism. I started the "gnucobol" track late last year. Recently a new crop of enthusiasts arrived. The track is now called "cobol". We've settled on a TDD testing framework: cobolcheck.

    At some point in the not too distant future we hope to launch the track. Then I'll be back here to encourage all who will to sign up as mentors.

    The repo is at https://github.com/exercism/cobol . Three main contributors at this point: https://github.com/exercism/cobol/graphs/contributors

    --- Bruce

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  • From Vincent Coen@21:1/5 to Bruce Axtens on Wed Jul 13 19:48:30 2022
    Hello Bruce!

    Wednesday July 13 2022 14:55, Bruce Axtens wrote to All:

    Hello everyone

    COBOL is starting to get somewhere on Exercism. I started the
    "gnucobol" track late last year. Recently a new crop of enthusiasts
    arrived. The track is now called "cobol". We've settled on a TDD
    testing framework: cobolcheck.

    At some point in the not too distant future we hope to launch the
    track. Then I'll be back here to encourage all who will to sign up as mentors.

    The repo is at https://github.com/exercism/cobol . Three main
    contributors at this point: https://github.com/exercism/cobol/graphs/contributors

    Am I the only one who has no idea of what this is about and how it might
    help me using Cobol ?

    No, there is no description on the website.



    Vincent

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  • From Bill Gunshannon@21:1/5 to Vincent Coen on Wed Jul 13 16:55:49 2022
    On 7/13/22 14:48, Vincent Coen wrote:
    Hello Bruce!

    Wednesday July 13 2022 14:55, Bruce Axtens wrote to All:

    > Hello everyone

    > COBOL is starting to get somewhere on Exercism. I started the
    > "gnucobol" track late last year. Recently a new crop of enthusiasts
    > arrived. The track is now called "cobol". We've settled on a TDD
    > testing framework: cobolcheck.

    > At some point in the not too distant future we hope to launch the
    > track. Then I'll be back here to encourage all who will to sign up as
    > mentors.

    > The repo is at https://github.com/exercism/cobol . Three main
    > contributors at this point:
    > https://github.com/exercism/cobol/graphs/contributors

    Am I the only one who has no idea of what this is about and how it might
    help me using Cobol ?

    Nope, you're not the only one. :-)


    No, there is no description on the website.



    Vincent



    bill

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  • From Bruce Axtens@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 13 17:08:38 2022
    Ok, clarifications then.

    https://exercism.org/ describes itself as
    "Get really good at programming.
    Develop fluency in 59 programming languages with our unique blend of learning, practice and mentoring. Exercism is fun, effective and 100% free, forever"

    I expect cobol will be the 61st language (I know of another that's closer to completion than is cobol)

    So Exercism isn't going to help the mature, but it does provide a framework wherein the mature can pass on their experience.

    -- Bruce

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