Define modern? A language is only as modern as its last standard (or
version). For example, Python is considered a modern language although
it's 30 years old. It's constantly
being updated. Python 3.6 supports static type checking! JavaScript is
the same. C++20 is being ratified, C2x is being worked on. Java 13 is
going to GA on z/OS this year!
It's my understanding that COBOL-85 is the current standard in use on
z/OS? That's probably indicative of COBOL programmers not requiring new
language features as they don't
need them to maintain the code bases that they work on. COBOL
modernization on z/OS has mostly been back-end optimizer work which is
probably a lot more valuable to z/OS
IT managers then new language features that won't be used. If companies
want to modernize a COBOL application they integrate with Java like CICS
and IMS.
REXX hasn't changed in almost 30 years. There's been a few updates to
TSO REXX such as EXECIO VBS support but that's about all.
On 2020-04-25 7:03 AM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote:
One of our guys was talking about modern languages such as C. I said what?
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 7:01 AM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
Well what do you know? The emperor has no clothes. We shot an innocent
language.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:26:49 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
There are blurbs for dozens of articles; which one is relevant? I tried
searxhing for COBOL, but got 0 hits.
I suspect that was OP's desperate and futile attempt to circumvent
secureweb,
as you often do. But, I hope (posting from web interface):
https://secure-web.cisco.com/18wMr2wQiot_mC2NJkJL7buWujrBfP9suLfEWZL4dG8gjB_Zjaj31ZgILnrnn--CfD_RooCYfsFjxvxArhRiN2V2tCmTfs8NayUQCV2ProhQ0KfRlDMDZdg2alKOSjuWwTXeK_Lci9elkht49bjva6Fj7o1W1SIr2REv9PF2NO_PK0BStoe0irBBLJRM9a_tKg3QNHj3DghbIM6_s_J2QBa8K1XWudsYnadGx1bdpDNNTapriOq_jLHjoC742AxmqQVAJ4Szwl0aLrINIHWnzPzP_p0N_kYOi4keUEoOLuWRccU_ZVES-3NC05VlKLovPbiDfx9BUbsi3Kn4nGo1sHGipsJJfPFN4ClnEGuuMjWs6LU9f2293Fm0jTt3GhayZHNNDR8prcppx857Qz_vQpR6HOUIxm-p1DAvFYE8aFU_B3Da9y60snIIWQxr9qfkI67XWmwAvbGdgFfA9cP_uBHV85oupnnYfOSco5uQPIVE/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fcant-file-unemployment-dont-blame-cobol%2F
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From: scott Ford
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 2:08 PM
See this url ...
http://secure-web.cisco.com/1DYCAeckpzqV94PQWw8dHuuJalhW0eVroAe-0-S4pJl_FnqGfZxS4EcWK7cCAl1oA09gJJKNMcHC1Be4KK3D-KcMIEVRVBeNOw5sf7565Z6e9CTYIm43a-oit3GGWnum7LgBTpYCxV6CAhgR9TuXipYHaUjUUPtd7BICMs1zfFGQQ8NhAeXHdXvHPrGdxzaQmTRfNi8vGWGKk4fg_G75au8H3Ja9AbLwRb2m8-upI9jYdmy1ZYdzYlRF2kzlwN155wAFEug02LCkZ5Bpk3IvSuxwzwd1UUyk_5NUmIqwMFmcDxZ8SpSnwFspncJTV1bLmByZAIVczBfj-JctXDA5Ta99YBqxx1tBpdl0qN5MWPGsz1CGAQ_Is1sLoRxy9Dl_fCLgMhLDvO5L8-EsVff2IiswF1xKvwUDiAEPcV0mOxz5c915mExQuVbCTDL0KTJQEtCF5dYTiss8HJIK_dzSG8g/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com.
Can't File for Unemployment - Don�t Blame Cobol
-- gil
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