Tom, I was also under the impression that new development on the mainframe was few and far between. But I ran a poll a while ago and the results was rather surprising. 28% of responded that they are developing new applications in COBOL. (Natural/adabas was 48%.) I was expecting a very low "new development" count.
I'm planning on running the poll again in a few months to see if I can get a wider audience. (link http://www.cicsworld.com/node/198) Regards Ian http://www.cicsworld.com/ On 4/8/08, Tom Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >(I believe this was a major factor in the demise of COBOL; > > I just cannot resist responding to this (sorry I am so late, I was out of > the > office for 2 weeks). > > I work on the IBM COBOL compiler, and if you could see the amount of > interest, > the number of compiler licenses, the sheer number of COBOL programmers on > IBM > Mainframes doing new work everyday in COBOL, you would never say such a > thing. > > For example, we are being overwhelmed with requests to continue our > improvements > for XML support in COBOL, it has been the most quickly adopted new feature > of COBOL > in my quarter century as an IBM COBOL compiler developer. > > COBOL is more alive today than it was 10 years ago! Demise indeed... > > Cheers, > TomR >> COBOL is the Language of the Future! << > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > -- Ian http://www.cicsworld.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
