Re: (not entirely...) OT: OPINION... chicken entrails, runic stones, and crystal balls... WAS CoBOL moved to OO

From: Judson McClendon (judmc_at_sunvaley0.com)
Date: 01/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 12:22:42 GMT

"Peter E.C. Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
>
> After some consideration I have reached the following conclusions:
>
> 1. SOME businesses will continue to use COBOL (I believe it will be mainly
> for Batch processing.). I also believe that there will not ALWAYS be a need
> for Batch processing. (I know it's hard to believe in the current
> "state-of-the-art"). As online transaction rates increase and online systems
> become ever more efficient, there is no conceivable need for overnight
> updates. Distributed systems through Client Server and the Corporate
> Intranet will remove the need for Report runs off a central mainframe.

No batch? What about payroll, end of month, end of quarter and end of year
processing, to name a few cyclic, time-not-transaction, triggered processes.
Not to mention the 'zillions' of government mandated time or otherwise not
transaction triggered reports. It would be interesting to learn how you see
these in a 'no batch' scenario. :-) 

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