With the impending release of GCC 15, some anticipated features will fall short. The most notable addition is gCobol, a native COBOL front end that merges with a newly designed libcobol standard library. This move positions GCC alongside languages like C, C++, and Objective-C. While gCobol targets compliance with the COBOL 2023 standard, GnuCOBOL maintains high compatibility with the older COBOL 2014 standard. In a related decision, the Steering Committee opted against integrating the Algol 68 Front-End into the upcoming release, highlighting ongoing evolution amid the collection's enhancements.
One major new feature was merged just last week: a COBOL front end. This has been in preparation for quite a while - we looked at it three years ago.
The new compiler, gCobol, is a true native compiler: in other words, it takes COBOL source code and emits binary executables.
GnuCOBOL is over 99 percent compatible with COBOL 2014, while the newer gCobol is aiming for compliance with the newer COBOL 2023 standard.
Aside from the differences in how they generate code, the two also aim for compliance with different versions of the official COBOL industry standards.
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