Devised in 1959 by Dr. Grace Hopper and her team, COBOL has endured the passage of time extremely successfully, with over 220 billion lines of code still in use today (and counting). If not for ...
According to a 2022 survey by overseas media The Stack, the number of COBOL lines used in production environments exceeds 800 billion lines worldwide. On the other hand, there are few experts in COBOL ...
In 2019, Amazon and Google, two driving forces behind ongoing technological change, celebrate key milestones, turning 25 and 21 respectively. And this month the IT sector will witness another ...
Johannesburg - A recent meeting of IT professionals debated the use of old programming language COBOL in modern times. COBOL, which is an acronym for COmmon Business Oriented Language, is recognised ...
NCP No Common People AB has developed a tailor-made training program in COBOL-programming that is held in collaboration with Learning Tree International. (Logo: http ...
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IN THE NEARLY five years I have been writing for InfoWorld, never has an article of mine generated such incredible response as “Application transformation.” The article presented an overview of two ...
The world’s banking, business and governmental systems are underpinned by a programming language developed over half a century ago - but fewer people than ever know how to use it today. Devised in ...