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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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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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