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Also see COBOL on Cogs, http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM


And Intercal on Interstates: http://intercaloninterstates.org/


The latest version of Visual COBOL[1] supports .NET Core. And I believe you can extend C# classes in COBOL. So you might just be able to write an entire ASP.NET Core application in COBOL.

Whether you'd want to is another question rntirely. Might make for a fun weekend project. :)

[1] https://www.microfocus.com/en-us/products/visual-cobol/overv...


There is also a hilarious SQL on Rails video but I'm on my phone and don't have the link right now.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_PK1eDQyVg

The attention to detail in this video is amazing (e.g., MS-DOS window on Mac), and very funny.


Pascal web framework?


You joke, but a JavaScript backend was added to Freepascal last year.

https://wiki.freepascal.org/pas2js


This thread brings up a lot of interesting stuff (Fortran soon in LLVM earlier, too).


There a few, e.g:

http://www.fastplaz.com/ https://github.com/risoflora/brookframework


Delphi has had one since early 2000, with all the goodies, including MVC and services support.


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