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From: Jeremy Wright <jeremy.wright@microfocus.com>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on the JVM as a compilation Target?
Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 08:30:51 +0000 (UTC)
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Micro Focus has a COBOL compiler that compiles direct to JVM byte code.

Last year's The Server Side Java Symposium had a panel discussion "Who Invited
All These Other Languages to My JVM?" but I can't find a write up anywhere.

To answer the specific question, the lack of "unsigned" can be inconvenient.

Jeremy