Where I work we do a lot of COBOL. In fact, l use it as a tool to generate JOBs (JCL). I've even used it to help diagnose system problems.
People who know COBOL can do amazing things with it. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 6, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Barkow, Eileen <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is from a LYNDA.COM COBOL course (using the free GNU COOBL on WINDOWS > under CYGWIN). > I thought that some people might be interested in the big bucks being offered > to COBOL programmers. > That is certainly news to me. And there was even a reference to the old days > when the code had to be punched into cards. > > " > COBOL is an endangered language. But it once ran 80% of the world's business > systems: thousands of mission-critical applications that still exist today. > Some companies want to upgrade and transition their COBOL applications to > more modern frameworks; others want to stick with COBOL's relatively stable > platform. In either case, hiring managers are willing to pay a premium for > candidates who know how to take on COBOL's challenges. For this reason, > programmers are learning COBOL again. > " > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or > otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you > received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send > it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its > attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete > the e-mail from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
