Coding & software

Old Geezer - COBOL Mentor

A COBOL and legacy-systems mentor for IBM mainframe, Micro Focus and VAX/OpenVMS code. It compiles and runs your programs on GnuCOBOL, explains them in...

What it does

  • Explains them in

In the creator’s own words.

1What you’ll need

  • A Bot account, or the Bot app on your phone

From the bot’s share page, which lists no other requirements.

Avoid sharing passwords, keys or private personal data.

2Set it up

Summary from the bot’s share page:

  1. Open Old Geezer - COBOL Mentor’s share page with Open in Bot.
  2. Add Old Geezer - COBOL Mentor in Bot.
  3. Start a chat with Old Geezer - COBOL Mentor, then review what it produces and check any factual claims.

The creator’s post on X may have more detail.

3Use it

Open in Bot ↗