[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Basic/C and COBOL/C interfaces

nmedd@hotlips.UUCP (Nancy J. Medd) (05/13/88)

I have two old applications, one written in Basic, one in COBOL.  
I'd like to make both applications call C routines, but so far I'm
not having much luck.  I'm using IBM compiled Basic, RM/COBOL-85, and 
Lattice C, but would be willing to try a different C compiler.

Has anyone had any luck with such an endeavor?  When I have a Basic
routine call C, the system hangs.  The same test with COBOL produces
an out of memory error.  In both cases there are no parameters involved
(although I will need to pass parameters eventually), and the C routine
is an empty stub.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Please email responses.  I'll summarize if there's interest.

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