Re: [open-cobol-list] On forum registration problems

[David Jackson]

Like with C++ additions to C, object oreinted extensions to COBOL can be done in a way that extends and fits into the existing language, i think that the goal with that should be to maintain complete compability with the existing form of the COBOL language. Maintaining backwards compatability is important, one thing I like about COBOL is its storied and rich history, going back to the 1950s, this has made the language have an interesting story to go along with it and is one of the reasons in my interest in it.

On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 9:19 AM, David Jackson <address@hidden> wrote:

Thank you for the reply to my message, it is greatly appreciated. Hopefully the problems can be fixed.

I am a COBOL hobbyist and I am so glad that OpenCOBOL is here since I have long had an interest in learning COBOL and now I can.

Does OpenCOBOL include any object oriented features? I know with many non-OO languages you can simulate objects, such as with a function pointer in  a struct in C, but the syntax is not particularly easy to write  or elegant, C++ added an OO extension to make things more elegant. Has there been anything similar in regards to OpenCOBOL? Languages are partly about making code easy to write and "syntax sugar", all high level languages are syntax sugar, and thats a very good positive thing, if they were not we would still be coding in binary opcodes, not even assembly.

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:36 PM, David Jackson <address@hidden> wrote:

Greetings,

Being an OpenCOBOL fan, I have recently tried to register  a forum account at opencobol.org. However, it has said that I cannot do this. Others who have also wanted to register accounts have also mentioned this. Please reopen the forum registration so people can participate in OpenCOBOL. OpenCOBOL should be an "open" project.