Re: [OT] On old languages (COBOL)

[Adrian Hoe <mailbox@*nospam*adrianhoe.com>]

Preben Randhol wrote:

> I just noticed the following article on the net:
> 
>    KOBOL hopes to aid Linux migration worldwide
> 
>    In a recent interview, Miguel de Icaza of Ximian, Inc., spoke of an
>    issue preventing Linux adoption in many countries.
> 
>    "Even today we're still using COBOL applications and we're still
>    running System/36 machines," de Icaza said, speaking of his native
>    Mexico and many other nations.
> 
>    KOBOL, from theKompany.com, may make it easier for users of legacy
>    COBOL applications to move to Linux, and even to develop new COBOL
>    apps for use there.
> 
>    Full story here:
>       http://linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=90
> 
> It seems that old languages keep around for a long time.
> 
> And now with Ada in gcc, GVD, GPS and Gtkada the future seems brighter
> for Ada95 IMHO.
> 
> Preben
> 

One of the reason COBOL still around is that its syntax is easily 
understood by managers. Not C/C++.

How about Ada? A whole bunch of managers don't even know what's Ada 
and certainly its existence. Not to mention its technical merits. 
These managers I refered to are business managers.

Perhaps, if Ada were to have the COBOL-like syntax, it had already 
became a legacy! ;-)
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