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On Thursday 23 Jun 2011, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Thursday 23 June 2011 19:16:08 Neil Bothwick did opine thusly: |
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> > On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:23:58 +0200, pk wrote: |
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> > > It refuses to die because it's still very useful in certain |
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> > > niche areas (hpc, numerical computing etc.) where "modern" |
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> > > languages doesn't cut it... :-) |
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> > Or so the Fortran programmers with jobs to protect will tell you... |
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> > You'll be telling us there's still a place for Cobol next :-O |
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> Of course there's a place for Cobol, a classic one is in the bank my |
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> gf does data warehousing at. |
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> There's not a single soul in the entire bank that is willing to sign |
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> off on a project to replace the Cobol that has run |
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> justfinethanksverymuch for 25+ years |
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It's the latest thing! http://visualcobol.microfocus.com/ |
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-Robin |
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