[Coco] obscure programming languages was Re: books

[Manny]

Alex Evans wrote:
> 
> 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.

OS/2 is still a part of Win XP. I just wish OS/2 would have made it. It 
was a much better OS than Microsoft's alternative. If it was still 
around (as it was in the past), I'd still be using it...

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

Weird. I have a friend that is in college that used to praise COBOL. His 
instructor made some good money by going around and fixing Y2K problems. 
I don't know what he says about it anymore, though. (Despite the praise, 
he's always used C++. ;) )

-M.