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Join COBOL's Next Generation

Posted by timothy on from the enjoy-your-tab-diet-beverage-too dept.

jfruh writes "COBOL, it's finally becoming clear, isn't going away any time soon; there are far too many business-criticial applications written in it that work perfectly well for that to happen. This reality could be a career boon for IT staff. Need to learn the ins and outs of COBOL? Your employer may well pay for your training. Just getting started in IT? COBOL can provide a niche that gets you a first job."

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  1. Re:Nothing does by julesh · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is true. There is no other language which enables programs written in COBOL to run.

  2. This. by mfwitten · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why we can't have nice things.

  3. Re:A complicated answer to a simple problem by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

    The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. -- Dijkstra

    So I say any company that wants to send their employees to a COBOL class should be sent to jail for torture and reckless endangerment.

    By that logic, as a result of off-shoring initiatives, several major US corporations have technically declared war on the nation of India.

  4. COBOL is plainly superior... by istartedi · · Score: 4, Funny

    COBOL is plainly superior... from an evolutionary standpoint. It propagated and survived. Nevermind that it feeds on the souls of developers. That's irrelevant. Evolution only cares about propagation and survival.

    --
    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  5. Re:You Can Tell COBOL Was Designed By A Woman by seven+of+five · · Score: 5, Funny

    And a missing period gets you in a lot of trouble.

  6. Re:Nothing does by tripleevenfall · · Score: 4, Funny

    You're about to find out. 2014 is going to be the Year Of COBOL On The Desktop.