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I think I may have started a course in COBOL many years ago. Wonder if would be worth learning it now? There is a lot of COBOL code that needs to be maintained
by peter_retief 6y ago
I think I may have started a course in COBOL many years ago.
Wonder if would be worth learning it now?
There is a lot of COBOL code that needs to be maintained.
- johannes1234321 6y agoIf you want to have a career in large corporations keeping a decades old codebase alive it can be a good way, which might be saner than many startups. If you however want to build up something new and put your heart into it and revolutionize the world it probably isn't.
- rhabarba 6y agoRevolutionizing the world with COBOL? Game’s on!
- johannes1234321 6y agoWell, there is the chance of enabling creative new insurance or banking products, if you cna bend the legacy in interesting ways. The chance is technically there, if management allows is the other question ;)
- rhabarba 6y agoDepends on the age of the managers, I guess...
- peter_retief 6y agoI love learning new languages, I have worked with MUMPS
- michaelcampbell 6y agoI'm so sorry.
- peter_retief 6y agoHaha MUMPS is not that bad actually, get really fast lookups with monster databases.
- michaelcampbell 6y agoA good friend of mine used it for some time and gave me some war stories; then I went and looked it up. Wow.
- sto_hristo 6y agos/maintained/replaced :D
- the_af 6y agoIs maintaining legacy spaghetti code written by below average programmers something that strikes your fancy? If so, COBOL might be for you -- but bear in mind there's no shortage of legacy spaghetti code written in more modern & marketable languages! :P