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abhisun Beginner

Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 21 Topics: 9
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 3:16 am Post subject: Assembly to COBOL conversion |
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I need to convert a program from Assembly to COBOL. Is there any tool available for this ? Please help !! |
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Mike Chantrey Intermediate
Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 234 Topics: 1 Location: Wansford
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2003 11:03 am Post subject: |
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I pretty certain there are no free tools, or even paid for tools that you could use directly - this is a very complex process which would typically involve much manual intervention. You would probably have to pay a company to do this for you.
However, companies which specialise in this would probably not consider converting a single program or would charge a ridiculous amount.
If it is just single program, I believe the only viable method may well be just to write a functionally equivalent COBOL program from scratch. This could be done by a contractor with good ASM/COBOL skills if you don't have the skills yourself.
Fully automatic translation with a tool is generally only possible with very similar languages/dialects and even then is often flaky around the edges (e.g. quite a few programs rely on undocumented behaviour/features which may not translate even between very similar versions of COBOL, for example). |
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abhisun Beginner

Joined: 20 Nov 2003 Posts: 21 Topics: 9
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Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 9:53 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Mike !! |
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