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  1. Re:Again? by j127 · · Score: 1 · on A Farewell To Flash

    COBOL is making a comeback in the web development space: COBOL on Cogs.

  2. Re:No self driving trains? by serviscope_minor · · Score: 1 · on Feds Order Amtrak To Turn On System That Would've Prevented Crash

    So what? Ruby is, and still it crashes all the time, too.

    Clearly they need to put it on cogs then.

  3. Re:COBOL and FORTRAN by marcello_dl · · Score: 1 · on Unpopular Programming Languages That Are Still Lucrative

    > But I'm betting there's no "COBOL on RAILS" (or if there is, that's hilarious).

    You got it, there is.
    Well, kinda :)

  4. Re:In the minds of the curren tech industry by serviscope_minor · · Score: 5, Funny · on Ted Nelson's Passionate Eulogy for Douglas Engelbart

    Yeah but Snapchat and Pinterest are hip, young and agile,

    Don't forget they're social and cloud, with lashings of NOSQL. And at least web 3.0. Or are we up to 4.0? yet. I'm still stuck on web 2.1.6-RC4.

    At least that's what goes through the mind of the current tech industry.

    They probably use all the latest fads as well, too.

  5. Re:A cynic's view by cloudmaster · · Score: 1 · on Medical Costs Bankrupt Patients; It's the Computer's Fault

    Obligatory link to http://www.coboloncogs.org/

  6. Cobol just needs updating, like ruby on rails.... by inkhorn · · Score: 2 · on COBOL Will Outlive Us All

    http://www.coboloncogs.org/

  7. Re:So long/The way the future was by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Security Expert Says Java Vulnerability Could Take Years To Fix, Despite Patch

    COBOL has a better solution.

  8. Re:WaPo... Gah! by Quince+alPillan · · Score: 1 · on Rob Malda (CmdrTaco) Joins the Washington Post

    Don't worry. I'm sure it'll be easy to port it to a modern web framework like COBOL on Cogs

  9. Re:SQL too by kat_skan · · Score: 1 · on Java Apps Have the Most Flaws, Cobol the Least

    Shows what you know.

  10. Re:Shit. by xiong.chiamiov · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft May Back Off of .NET Languages

    I've been hoping for COBOL.NET.

    I guess you'll have to satisfy yourself with COBOL ON COGS in the meantime.

  11. Re:Where are the C development jobs? by dkleinsc · · Score: 1 · on Objective-C Enters Top Ten In Language Popularity

    Hey, there's even a modern web framework for Cobol!

  12. Re:Standard Slashdot Ruby comment form by Per+Wigren · · Score: 2, Informative · on Restructured Ruby on Rails 3.0 Hits Beta

    Somebody out there is just itching to write C on Crack.

    ...or COBOL ON COGS.

  13. Re:Better Idea by marqs · · Score: 1 · on Trying To Bust JavaScript Out of the Browser

    There is COBOL on COGS
    http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM

  14. Re:Better Idea by dkleinsc · · Score: 1 · on Trying To Bust JavaScript Out of the Browser

    You mean like this?

  15. COBOL by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 1 · on SQL in a Nutshell

    New alternatives are popping up constantly but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that SQL is going to be around for a long time.

    That's pretty much guaranteed. COBOL is still around.

    There absolutely are better alternatives, for almost every situation. No one in their right mind starts a new system in COBOL, when they have a choice.

    Yet COBOL is still around, and will be still around for awhile. So will SQL.

    The only question is whether SQL will be like COBOL or like C. I could make a similar case for C being obsolete, and there are certainly many cases where a performance penalty is well worth it to get some other desired feature -- for instance, there are things I can imagine doing in Erlang that I'd never attempt in C. But people do anyway, and even modern high level languages seem to start as interpreters written in C.

    Personally, I'd rather see CouchDB mature, and see SQL become more like COBOL, but that doesn't seem likely to happen soon.

  16. already been done by phr1 · · Score: 2, Funny · on Atari Emulation of CRT Effects On LCDs

    Modern web frameworks like Cobol on Cogs already do burned-in CRT emulation and various other effects too. ;-).

  17. Re:Because it works. by anaesthetica · · Score: 1 · on Cobol Job Market Heating Up

    All our interfaces to the web rely on COBOL/RPG backbones.

    You should really look into a newer framework for your web interfaces: Cobol on Cogs.

  18. Re:Why, what trendy buzzwords you have. by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Funny · on Don't Count Cobol Out

    With Cogs you can keep up with many of the latest buzzwords.

  19. COBOL on Cogs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Best Reference Site For Each Programming Language?

    http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM .

  20. COBOL on Cogs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Best Reference Site For Each Programming Language?

    http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM .

  21. Re:Expert sex change, again? by nawcom · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Spolsky's Software Q-and-A Site
    it's called stack overflow and people expect it to look pretty? Personally, I would expect the site to look like the Cobol on Cogs site with a name like that.

    I hate the Yahoo Answers site, and this looks like its going to be a version of that for computer related questions.

    "Best subversion client for Mac OS?"
    (how bout svn you dope)

    "What is the single most effective way to keep from getting Slashdotted"
    (I won't even comment on this)

    Personally I can't wait until the relationship questions come up. "How do I get a girl?" "What do boobs feel like?" hehe.

  22. Re:What COBOL really needs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Why COBOL Could Come Back

    Cobol on Cogs?

  23. Re:What COBOL really needs by Quince+alPillan · · Score: 1 · on Why COBOL Could Come Back

    Its not Cobol on Rails. Its Cobol on Cogs

  24. Re:What COBOL really needs by glenstar · · Score: 1 · on Why COBOL Could Come Back
    What COBOL really needs is a hip new framework to make it "cool", just like Ruby!

    Then you will love Cobol on Cogs.

  25. Re:What COBOL really needs by lpontiac · · Score: 3, Funny · on Why COBOL Could Come Back

    You mean like Cobol on Cogs? :)

  26. Re:What COBOL really needs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Why COBOL Could Come Back

    How about Cobol On Cogs?

  27. Re:what? by Per+Wigren · · Score: 1 · on The Next Browser Scripting Language Is — C?

    Not pure COBOL, though. It's COBOL ON COGS.

  28. Re:Series/1 emulation by lbft · · Score: 1 · on What Is the Oldest Code Written Still Running?

    Oh yeah, I think I've used that web interface.