Re:Could “Is Dead” Please Die?
by goatandsheep on Monday March 30, 2015 @07:40PM
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People can say any phrase that catches our eyes and we'll believe it. Tech news is learning from Buzzfeed and people are taking it seriously. Also, I'm not too impressed with the watch. I'm sure there could be some Spritz (http://www.spritzinc.com/) type browser that will come up.
Re:Could “Is Dead” Please Die?
by greenyoda on Monday March 30, 2015 @11:43PM
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"When something really is dead, like COBOL or OS/2, nobody talks about it."
COBOL isn't anywhere close to dead. According to Wikipedia, the language is still evolving, with the latest standard dated 2014. And it's apparently object-oriented now.[1] That seems to imply that there's still new code being written in COBOL (you wouldn't need new language features just to support legacy code).
"In 2006 and 2012, Computerworld surveys found that over 60% of organizations used COBOL (more than C++ and Visual Basic .NET) and that for half of those, COBOL was used for the majority of their internal software."[2]
COBOL isn't anywhere close to dead. According to Wikipedia, the language is still evolving, with the latest standard dated 2014. And it's apparently object-oriented now.[1] That seems to imply that there's still new code being written in COBOL (you wouldn't need new language features just to support legacy code).
"In 2006 and 2012, Computerworld surveys found that over 60% of organizations used COBOL (more than C++ and Visual Basic .NET) and that for half of those, COBOL was used for the majority of their internal software."[2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL#Legacy