Re: old programming languages (was RE: Jumpstart a programming ability)
COBOL has a precision level with number values that is better than any of
the newer languages for the purposes of managing financial transacions.
People forget that most languages round off numbers after several digits,
or limit number types to a specified range (e.g., IIRC, the "double" number
type used by many VB programs can't handle extremely large positive or
negative numbers).
Absolutely -- a lot of scientists still use FORTRAN, too.... That was a big giant pain in grad school... ;)
-Katie
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