> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Now is time for banks to replace core system > according to Accenture > <snip> > > The library is the advantage of OO, as OO CoBOL doesn't need a CoBOL > library. Any language will do. > > Of course, library based languages have their own issues.
But, to my limited knowledge, there is no such library available. It's like having a hydrogen car which gets 200 mpg. Too bad there's nowhere around to buy fuel. And, at least around here, COBOL will likely never be Object Oriented. It's "too different". -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

