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+GNUCobol
+=========
+
+Any binary can become a FaaS process, even Cobol through GNUCobol.
+
+Here's an example of deploying this base function to FaaS which reads from stdin (called SYSIN in Cobol) and prints it to the screen.
+
+![https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_AMvtcXcAAbnGk.jpg:large](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_AMvtcXcAAbnGk.jpg:large)