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Working at a large bank, a Cobol programmer once told me the use cases are very narrow, but that it's extremely dependable once deployed into production. To be
by RandomTisk 7y ago
Working at a large bank, a Cobol programmer once told me the use cases are very narrow, but that it's extremely dependable once deployed into production. To be a little blunt though, to process statements and track transactions with high dependability, it works well when you repel anyone with a low attention span or someone has a strong desire for learning new languages and programming paradigms. You need and want programmers who are more about making the same kind of sausage day in day out rather than innovation because at the end of the day, the bank statement and transactions are trivial but extremely important problems. In other words, it's an older programmer's workshop.
- SeanDav 7y agoThis comment appears to be fairly insulting. Is it implying that older programmers can't / won't / wouldn't like doing innovative programming? Is it implying that if you like doing innovative programming and learning more about new languages and your craft, you must have a short attention span? It is also rather naive if it is believed that anything other than a tiny fraction of programming in the real world is actually innovative.
- RandomTisk 7y agoDon't know, but most of the Cobol programmers I knew of there were not recent college grads.