I, too, have had these COBOL vs. language-of-the-month discussions. I've
listened over and over again to how this new (plug in language/DB here) is
going to revolutionize the IT industry, and finally nail the COBOL coffin
shut. My answer to all of 'em is 'You're just paving the cow path, my
friend'.
I was finally redeemed with total smugness when one such new smarty-pants
JAVA/ORACLE developer was recently complaining how he couldn't get the user
to supply the correct info required for his project in a timely manner, and
that's why his program doesn't work as it should (boo-hoo). I pulled this
young buck over to the side and said, in a Chinese proverb voice, 'Ah,
Grasshopper, a Mazarati is no better than a Yugo on the jammed freeway'.
Ray Shahan
"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Anderson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:58 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Java and C#/.NET (Was: RE: Samba and Java question)
>
> Almost one year ago today I got into a passionate discussion with a
> woman, a friend of a friend. She wanted me to know that she is in the
> 'IT" industry, COCKY/HEAD STRONG WOMAN. She asked me what language I
> used for programming. I told her, I'm still writing COBOL code because
> it's still being used in a large percentage of businesses. On rare
> occasion I may use VB, or C. She was shocked, and she said that I should
> be using Java, not COBOL. She added that COBOL was a dead language, and
> Java is the future of the "IT" industry. I laughed, and agreed that
> COBOL has died several times in the past, but I added that it's always
> been resurrected because of it's usability, maturity, and strong
> foundation of business sense, and things that Java will never achieve.
> I've been aware of, and played around with Java since 1998/1999. I told
> her that Java will die long before COBOL dies again, and a day is
> coming, when the young college grads will be completely unaware of Java,
> but they'll still be saying COBOL is dead.
>
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