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On Thursday 23 June 2011 21:04:45 Robin Atwood did opine thusly: |
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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 |
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> > > > certain |
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> > > > niche areas (hpc, numerical computing etc.) where |
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> > > > "modern" |
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> > > > languages doesn't cut it... :-) |
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> > > |
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> > > Or so the Fortran programmers with jobs to protect will tell |
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> > > you... |
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> > > |
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> > > You'll be telling us there's still a place for Cobol next |
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> > > :-O |
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> > |
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> > Of course there's a place for Cobol, a classic one is in the |
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> > bank my gf does data warehousing at. |
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> > There's not a single soul in the entire bank that is willing to |
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> > sign 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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I see it this way: |
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Cobol:bank::perl:me |
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Everyone loves to bash both languages but without them absolutely |
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nothing works right :-) |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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