COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all

Re:COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all by maxharris on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:52PM (#21288263)

This is just Micro Focus astroturfing! They don't have a business in a world where banks and government agencies have written their software in a modern language.

Here's a comment I made a month ago about another thinly-veiled Micro Focus press release: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20987206

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Re:COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all by godzillabrennus on Thursday October 17, 2019 @10:54PM (#21288275)

Why would they undertake such a massive task if they don’t have the need?

It’s cheaper to pay for training so new hires can write obsolete languages on IBM’s last innovative release (the AS400).

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Re:COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all by Nohnce1 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @11:55PM (#21288526)

I work in fintech, and my company is switching over to Java. It's gonna take a few more years, but they are implementing more than legacy code.

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Re:COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all by greglindahl on Friday October 18, 2019 @12:19AM (#21288643)

That's exactly why "Java is the new Cobol" is an occasionally-heard slogan.

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Re:COBOL turns 60: why it will outlive us all by mindcrime on Friday October 18, 2019 @11:08AM (#21292010)

Oh please... Yes, Micro-Focus is mentioned, and for all I know a Micro-Focus employee might have written the piece. But they're only mentioned in passing, and the bulk of the article is a solid coverage of the history of COBOL, which is interesting in its own right. If MF get a little extra attention as a result of people reading this, I - for one - am not going to begrudge them that.

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