"Fairly decent" except for several major points of nonsense:
"*The Department of Defense even decreed that all businesses must run on
COBOL in the 1960s.*"
A ludicrous assertion.
"*But the even bigger reason not to rock the boat is the sheer size and
cost of replacing billions of lines of COBOL that exist today. Many of
these programs contain sensitive information about people, like social
security numbers, banking info, credit card info and healthcare records.*"
Sorry, no -- *programs* don't contain that data. Programs read/process
data. WTF.
"*Without a doubt, it is a challenge to find a developer in Cobol who is
not nearing retirement age,*"
That would surprise IBM Academic Initiative institutions.
Yes, the overall point is valid: COBOL skills are retiring/dying. So more
folks will learn it. Whoopee.
Some of the comments are funny; one of my favorites is the guy who says
he'd take $12,500 less per year to avoid COBOL. I understand his sentiment,
just am baffled by his precision. OTOH, maybe it's like the old joke about
the boss and the secretary ("We've established that, we're negotiating...").
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:55 AM, John McKown <[email protected]>
wrote:
> http://blog.hackerrank.com/the-inevitable-return-of-cobol/
>
> A fairly decent article. It doesn't appear to be a piece designed to
> promote some vendor or another. Not in depth, but with some good truths
> plainly stated. It might even be understandable to a Windows person. OOPS,
> there I go being tacky again.
>
> --
>
> Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a
> restore is attempted.
>
> Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be.
>
> He's about as useful as a wax frying pan.
>
> 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone
>
> Maranatha! <><
> John McKown
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