A question about COBOL?

Question

Does your company still use COBOL programs? If not, approximately what year did they stop using COBOL? What is used now? I am concerned about what will happen when my COBOL programmer retires. Thank you!

Answer 1

We have one remaining COBOL application, a financial management system we use to provide financial services to school districts. By government decree, it must be phased out by 2010. We are in the process of transferring all of its functionality onto more modern systems, many of which are now portal-based.



You're not likely to find many experienced COBOL programmers now. A good programmer would be able to pick it up without too much trouble, but it's a horrific language and environment to work in and very few would want to. If you're dependent on COBOL software, you'd be very wise to purchase or build replacements as soon as you can.

Answer 2

Cobol is still widely used despite some saying it's dead (and have been saying so for over 20 years...) Schools have finally realized that the huge legacy of programs aren't going away anytime soon and have started teaching it again after phasing it out some time back. The 2002 upgrade of Cobol adding object-oriented elements to the language guaranteed that it will be around for quite a while yet.

Answer 3

Concerned about your COBOL programs? Don't be.



COBOL is to business computing what Oil is to cars, planes ships engines and more. COBOL is what makes the world go round. If you shut COBOL like you would shut OIL, the World would literally stand still. COBOL is the only programming language that runs on more computing platform than ALL past and present programming languages combined. Form Mainframes, to UNIX, to Windows, and since 1994 on the INTERNET when most of today’s language “Du Jour++” were not even created. Even today, these immature languages cannot match the awesome Power, Strength, and Performance of COBOL in a true mission critical business environment.

COmmon Business Oriented language. The most Mature and most stable programming language ever devised for business Applications to date. Be it Financial, Manufacturing, Reservation, Banking, or any industries.



It is also the most consistently updated programming language: COBOL born in 1959. Continually updated and enhanced to support new technologies and computer power in 1968, 1974, 1985, 1997 and 2002 (COBOL-68, COBOL-74 COBOL-85, COBOL-97, COBOL-2002 AND the upcoming COBOL-2008).



It is also the only programming language that runs on practically all computing platforms ever built (American, British, French, Japanese Mainframes, Minis, PCs and it run on just about every UNIX platform), and the Internet!



COBOL ON THE INTERNET: "Seeing is Believing" visit http://www.COBOLonWeb.com or http://www.ils-international.com



If any of you want to see what can be accomplished on the Internet with COBOL, visit http://www.COBOLonWeb.com , and experience the power and lightning speed of COBOL on the internet like you have never seen it before. Furthermore the same COBOL module runs in a multi-lingual environment, from English to French to Spanish to Arabic, Hebrew, Hindu, and more...

And try the "2007 look" of the application by clicking on the United Nations flag. Again still the absolute same COBOL modules but different UI. Enjoy!



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Read about some of what has been said or taught wrong about COBOL and the truth about COBOL and where it stands today at ( http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cobolgoldmine/message/327). Those who think that COBOL is dead have not done their homework. All credit card transactions around the world are handled by COBOL. Just about every ATM machine on the planet provide cash to account holder using COBOL application. Nowadays, more business applications are being developed using COBOL that any other language. Many project managers hide this fact by fear of looking "outdated" or use some "Language du Jour" to develop Internet applications because they do not know that COBOL power and performance are much higher even on the Internet.

Answer 4

New COBOL programmers are still be churned out by the large banking and insurance companies, which is where almost eveyone learns COBOL these days. The problem you will be facing is not so much finding someone who knows COBOL, it is as easy as any language to learn, but to find someone with the ability to learn YOUR COBOL programs.

Answer 5

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