Stateful Goroutines in COBOL
In this COBOL example, we’ve translated the concept of stateful goroutines to a more procedural approach, which is more suitable for COBOL’s paradigm. Here’s an explanation of the key parts:
We define a state structure
WS-STATE
with a map-like arrayWS-MAP
that can hold 5 key-value pairs.We use
WS-READ-OPS
andWS-WRITE-OPS
to keep track of the number of read and write operations.The
MAIN-PROCEDURE
initializes the state, starts the routines, and displays the results.START-ROUTINES
simulates the concurrent operations by performing 100 read operations and 10 write operations.READ-ROUTINE
andWRITE-ROUTINE
simulate the read and write operations on the state. They use a random number generator to select keys and values.GENERATE-RANDOM
creates a random number, simulating the functionality ofrand.Intn()
in the original Go code.Finally,
DISPLAY-RESULTS
shows the number of read and write operations performed.
This COBOL program doesn’t have true concurrency like the Go version with goroutines. Instead, it sequentially performs the read and write operations. The concept of channels for communication between goroutines is replaced by direct updates to the shared state and operation counters.
To run this COBOL program, you would typically compile it and then execute the resulting binary. The exact commands may vary depending on your COBOL compiler and environment.
Note that the actual numbers of read and write operations will be fixed in this COBOL version, unlike the Go version where they could vary due to the concurrent nature of goroutines.