Glossary
COBOL
A long-established business programming language still running production logic on IBM i and other legacy enterprise platforms alongside RPG.
RoleBusiness language beside RPG
Common inShops that moved from other platforms or run long-lived finance logic
AI tool focusMostly RPG
Check COBOL support before you buy
Most AI tools for IBM i were built around RPG. If you have a lot of COBOL, confirm the tool covers it before you assume it works as well as it does for RPG.
Tools in this glossary that name COBOL
- Bob Premium Package for i, in its Developer Mode
- CoderFlow, which compiles COBOL with the real IBM i compilers
- Profound AI, which exposes COBOL programs to AI models
- X-Modernize AI, which converts COBOL to Java
- TimeBridge, which converts COBOL to newer languages
Related Terms
RPG
Report Program Generator, the primary business application programming language on IBM i and its AS/400 predecessors, still running the majority of production logic in most IBM i shops.
IBM i
IBM's operating system for Power servers running traditional AS/400-lineage business applications, with Db2 for i built directly into the OS.