+1 Shmuel !! Well said.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Still COBOL After All These Years? EXTERNAL EMAIL The claim that COBOL is English like is every bit as bogus as the claim that rewriting existing COBOL applications in another language will magically fix problems of underfunding, understaffing and general mismanagement. BTW, when the language du jour is out of fashion, will they want to rewrite the application again, with the same pretext? And will they ensure that this time they have adequate documentation and adequate configuration control? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Mark Regan [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2020 11:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Still COBOL After All These Years? https://secure-web.cisco.com/19k8avmi-YYFlfmZHhyBAdtguogqzS24H_g526jDKwAuDJUdFKvK4b9dP9NcILr6om3tw4RhCCIL8iT9BRoOhdYIdQpvVVzS2c_cErzDaoNHdWoKdxwNo0_LNCkQ5Q9AIihrnv0b2oCTrVYzZ9O23w9QsveuJH0QsJNKF9tSBOF3rS_d_kGctATEyIoNolLRFy1yU9H3ENyZd3ZvmfBWBmUQsXrzE4veTALPgCSsnFBqWR-RJkMc8a0gzcX1geNF4SWwDLIOOB3-CkgncGVl-o3ZPVrOUaxN39tIcdi5zG_BgfrZtYg2jrrDgm8fVbuj1Rig0AbPqTiZp0zGEpV1WRm1fEOzLC-GlMrQmDfLCf-_TPArnN2DxmfqG2EAwazkHfZgpkjUSFmeJBljdrt-Hx5O5ld9E7gz44hwDCvlbcdiiwu32WhgigdlBgVQ99tKX/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetmainframe.com%2F2020%2F07%2Fstill-cobol-after-all-these-years%2F Regards, Mark Regan ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
