If it's not technically obsolete, would you still say it probably /shouldn't/ be used? On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic writes:
On 05/17/2017 07:33 PM, william degnan via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > ..I used cobol when I worked at dupont tso/JCL (Damn autocorrect) > > Cobol is obsolete though. My professional opinion
Your bank statement would disagree with you.
Cobol is *out of fashion*. Obsolete doesn't mean quite the same thing.
I still have customers actively developing their application with COBOL. With extensions in the compiler, they make extensive use of VMS RMS ISAM files. I stil can't make head-or-tails of those damn PIC statements.