/prog/ - Why COBOL is still the best language for...

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 11:25

... huge ammount of transactions????

I've always wondered. In my company, COBOL programmers tend to have higher salaries (they are older, too), But the thing is, technically, ¿why is superior to other technologies?

PS: I hate COBOL. Anyone sane does.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 12:09

No exceptions

Name: sage 2010-09-17 12:39

COBOL is the new Java.

No exceptions.
All speed.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 13:18

COBOL 2002 is a decent language, and COBOL 1985 was usable. People like complaining about it because they don't know it.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 14:39

I studied RMcobol85. What a P-O-S. But why is SUPERIOR to other alternatives??? ah??? What is _THE_ feature that makes it THE choice for high-volume transactions????

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 14:48

>>1,5
You're an idiot.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 14:49

Ok... but just tell me WHY, WHY!!!!!!! WHY COBOL!!!!

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 14:50

WHY... FOR FUCK'S SAKE

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 16:57

Probably because no one wants to remake a whole fucking system based on COBOL.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 22:05

Even if the syntax looks lame, it has an advantage. It is completely human readable, something that non-programmers can appreciate.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 22:23

inb4 CobolOS

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-17 22:29

>>10
You've never actually seen real-world COBOL. There's more to readability than a verbose syntax for elementary mathematical operations (which nobody uses anyway).

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-18 1:18

>>10
Look at the DATA DIVISION of any non-trivial COBOL program and tell me that's fucking human-readable to non-programmers.

Name: Anonymous 2010-09-18 12:35

>>13
Isn't DATA DIVISION an electropop JOY DIVISION cover band?

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