[Coco] obscure programming languages was Re: books

[Alex Evans]

On  30  Nov 2007, at 2:33 PM, Mark McDougall wrote:


> Mark McDougall wrote:

>

>> They had just paid big $$$ for some consultant to architect the  

>> next-gen application framework for the whole company. The plan at  

>> one stage was to scrap all the current PC development tools and go  

>> with MicroFocus COBOL, using 3270 terminal screen-scraping for  

>> mainframe-PC communications.

>

> Oh yeah, the push was for OS/2 instead of Windows too... those  

> consultants were worth every penny eh??? ;)


Considering the state of development at the time, that probably was  
actually a decent idea.

My contact with COBOL under CP/M leads me to agree with your opinion  
of the language.  Still old code never dies.