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That would be like claiming PowerShell is irrelevant because it is not on the typical Ubuntu machine. While it is irrelevant to the typical Ubuntu user, the wor
by II2II 4y ago
That would be like claiming PowerShell is irrelevant because it is not on the typical Ubuntu machine. While it is irrelevant to the typical Ubuntu user, the world is a diverse place and computing is no exception.
That being said, I feel that the article made very weak arguments so I don't blame anyone for perpetuating the stereotypes. These are things such as mentioning which industries it is used in, but not being specific as to how it is used (which is important since COBOL seems to be a domain specific language) and relying upon authority when claiming it is modern.
- moomin 4y agoI mean, I take your point, but Powershell is actually pretty easy to run on Ubuntu. The catch with most real COBOL is that it’s fundamentally entangled with big iron.