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I used to work with COBOL. The language isn't terrible, it's the 40+ years of no context changes that suck. It even works with SQL... although the most common configuration is using a flat file.
I once tried to learn COBOL at home, I used GNU to compile but I had trouble with database driver. Any tips?
Try opencobol. You may have more success.
Some cobols like rm COBOL require a literal custom Linux header in order to work with SQL. Others work with odbcs natively.