Re: COBOL ain't quite dead - yet !



In article <SmnNk.790$Di1.171@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
James J. Gavan <jgavandeletethis@xxxxxxx> wrote:
+Micro Focus ACTION Program exceeds 50 U.S member Universities

ACTION-assisted courses ensure graduates are skilled in high-demand COBOL

Read the press release -
http://www.microfocus.com/AboutMicroFocus/pressroom/releases/pr20081001912435.asp

High-demand COBOL? Like the stuff that still contains 66 RENAMES and GO
TO DEPENDING ON?

(if I recall correctly - and my memory is, admittedly, porous - I saw Y2K
remediation ads demanding CICS Macro skills... for which IBM had withdrawn
support in the early-mid 1990s)

DD

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