Cobol - Re: Put out to Pasture ?

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Re: Put out to Pasture ?

William M. Klein

2006-05-10, 3:55 am

For your amusement (????) from comp.lang.pl1

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Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"WalterR" <wsrue@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>A large American PL/I shop of long-standing recently began converting to COBOL
>(building new applications to replace the old) because IBM urged them to,
>explaining that PL/I demand is insufficient and that COBOL therefore will be
>the greater beneficiary of language/compiler development going forward. The
>latter excuse was heard 3rd hand, the former is happening before my eyes. The
>irony, of course, is that this becomes self-fulfilling.
>
> What is IBM's Statement of Direction for PL/I? Might this implicitly say more
> about IBM's Java agenda than COBOL's?
>
> Walter Rue

Clark Morris

2006-05-15, 7:55 am

On Wed, 10 May 2006 05:37:52 GMT, "William M. Klein"
<wmklein@nospam.netcom.com> wrote:
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>Bill Klein
> wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
>"WalterR" <wsrue@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:x5d8g.2120$NB6.1000@trndny03...

Given the failure of IBM to provide 64 bit support and XPLINK support,
forgive me for not being thrilled. Somehow the powers that be don't
understand that if DB2 and Java like a 64 bit environment, COBOL has
to play there.

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