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Its existence may come as a bit of a surprise to some, but the GnuCOBOL project has released version 3.1.2 as a successor to GnuCOBOL 2.2 after three years of improvements. “GnuCOBOL is a free, modern COBOL compiler.
It translates COBOL into intermediate C and compiles the code using a
native C compiler (preferably GCC, but not limited to it). […] some of the highlights: Huge improvements for compatibility to different COBOL dialects, better
error handling and adjustable exceptions per COBOL 2002; more modern
format for diagnostic messages (especially useful when used in an
integrated development environment possible in Emacs, Vim, VSCodium and
others) and improved source-level debugging.” More information about the new features in the release can be found in the NEWS file, which is attached to the release announcement below.