On Jan 3, 2008 9:08 PM, Clark F Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pete Dashwood who is the author of most of this posting, has coded for > the mainframe and CICS. Unfortunately, based on the actual actions of > the COBOL standards committee, the lack of 64 bit support or support > for even parts of the 2002 COBOL standard that were in specific SHARE > requirements, and other things that I and others have kvetched about > regarding mainframes and COBOL over the years, I tend to agree with > Pete though not necessarily for his reasons. > > Clark Morris > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:17:49 +1300, in comp.lang.cobol "Pete Dashwood" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > >"tlmfru" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Or will COBOL become the new mainframe? I seem to recall that > mainframes > >> were pronounced dead a couple of decades ago. > >> > >> PL > > > >Mainframes ARE dead in terms of doing anything interesting with them :-) > > > >The best chance of survival they have is by attachment to the Network and > >welcoming the Web. To the extent that they do this and become powerful > >servers in a Network environment, they will have a future. The days when > >they sat at the centre of things and controlled everything are long gone. > To > >that extent, the role they served decades ago is gone, so they ARE dead > as > >far as that goes. > > > >Don't hold your breath for a resurgence of COBOL, in the role which it > >served decades ago, either. > > > >Fortress COBOL is in ruins. It has been sacked and looted. Whatever was > of > >value has been incorporated into the Brave New World and the barbarians > on > >their wiry little ponies have swept on... > > > >Pete. > >-- > >"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything." > > > > Mainframes have been used to serve web-based applications for years now.
"Fortress Cobol" (wherein all applications are master file based) is a myth, and has been for a long time. Having said that, I agree that the lack of 64 bit support is beginning to become a hindrance. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
