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Subject:Re[2]: four most-wanted prog. languages From:ROBERT SIDMAN <sidmanr -at- MCHFMCCM -dot- NAVY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 23 Aug 1995 07:01:11 EST
In TECHWR-L Karen Davis PSP team 03 505 <karene -at- ASIMOV -dot- SC -dot- TI -dot- COM> writes:
> COBOL is only used in a very
>few, very antique banks and insurance companies.
<snip> <snip>
Another country heard from here.... COBOL was developed when there were
only mainframes. My shop is a mainframe shop, with some 7,000 COBOL programs
in use. My personal opinion, not connected with my agenciy's, is that I do
not agree with Paige Vinall, who wrote, in part: I admit that it is not yet
in wide use on workstations or PCs, but I think that will change over time
as the mainframe community moves forward." As systems downsize to smaller
platforms, I believe COBOL will go the way of the 5-cent newspaper, being
replaced by newer, more powerful languages.
Robert Sidman <robert_sidman -at- fmso -dot- navy -dot- mil>
