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Exactly my point, Cobol was considered "old" even in times before Perl became popular. I remember when I was doing C in early 90s, Cobol was something "only old
by ivanhoe 5y ago
Exactly my point, Cobol was considered "old" even in times before Perl became popular. I remember when I was doing C in early 90s, Cobol was something "only old guys use". And nevertheless it's still alive and kicking in its niches today. So is Perl, just in different places.
- bombcar 5y agoI feel Cobol was more used in "main business critical applications" and perl was found much more in "wedge this here to keep the first working" but I don't have much to back that up beyond anecdotal evidence.
- ajuc 5y ago> So is Perl, just in different places. Dunno, I think glue languages like perl are inherently easier to replace than platform languages. And perl was only best at being a glue language for a very short period in 90s.