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New Re: My first Mainframe COBOL program
Technically, it's the output of your first mainframe COBOL program. But, I'm pulling your chain. Congratulations!

I know guy in Winston-Salem, who is not so old, and who is making a fine living as a contractor doing COBOL. Critical business processes, especially in financial area (banks, insurance, brokerage), use COBOL programs written decades ago that need tweeks now and then. As you say, they are not making those mainframe programmers anymore so the demand is there. Definitely not a fad language.

This maybe the opportunity you have sought.

On warning though - COBOL is probably the most OO language of the 1960's. :)

Alex

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
New Hey, Scott...
...Show A6l6e6x your Object-oriented COBOL code...


Peter
Shill For Hire
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
New Peter, Peter, PETER!...
...haven't you learned by now not to tweak the boy?

Yer askin fer it...!
jb4
(Resistance is not futile...)
New No worries...
There are some things even I won't try...
Regards,

-scott anderson
New OOP born in 1967
>> On warning though - COBOL is probably the most OO language of the 1960's. :) <<

I think that credit would go to Simula-67. It is considered "full OOP" even by today's standards.

Self-handling nouns may actually be great for physical modeling, Simula's primary domain. Too bad that does not extrapolate to custom biz apps.

I might also work on Oracle Forms. Anybody here try it?
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