gnucobol-rs
v0.8.50 ExperimentalFaithful Rust port of GnuCOBOL packed-decimal (COMP-3), zoned, and display numeric byte semantics and the MOVE conversions between them, proven byte-identical against the GnuCOBOL 3.2 libcob oracle. Plus a PIC->field-model parser , DATA DIVISION record-layout engine, , COPY+REPLACING copybook expander, pure-Rust decimal arithmetic, VALUE initial-record images, PIC P-scaling, OCCURS DEPENDING ON physical-max layout, LEVEL-88 condition-name predicates, and SET-TO-TRUE byte construction. Not a compiler; not arithmetic.
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- ✓Actively maintained (updated 20d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Tiny footprint (930KB, 1 deps)
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1.1K downloads in the last 30 days (38/day), up 40% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 129 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
Notable dependents include kobold-data-shim, gnucobol-rs-intrinsics, gnucobol-rs-ffi, gnucobol-rs-io, gnucobol-rs-link. When high-quality crates choose gnucobol-rs, it's a strong quality signal.
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