Powell, Mark D wrote,on my timestamp of 21/12/2006 5:56 AM:
We are actively writing new programs on the mainframe using COBOL and IMS.
who isn't, in the mainframe arena? It's still by far the best bang-for-buck language in that universe.
We even have a couple of Websphere java applications that fetch IMS data via the Web.
Mark, the first time I see confirmation of j2ee Cobol programs I'll be personaly rubbing it in the face of a few "java experts" I know of. what goes around comes around...
COBOL will probably outlive all of us.
Of course it will. And anyone who tries to claim the opposite is into statistics. Or into hard drugs. -- Cheers Nuno Souto dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l