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Maybe the COBOL devs aren’t here.
by actionfromafar 1y ago
Maybe the COBOL devs aren’t here.
- nine_k 1y agoHN is a place where everyone is, so it's reasonable to assume that some Cobol devs may also lurk here.
- actionfromafar 1y agoEveryone except most developers I know.
- gardnr 1y agoThis is oddly true in my experience. I ask people where they get their information from and the channels are generally a lot more sparse than topics posted to HN. If I were to venture to guess: I'd say "most developers" seek work-life balance and aren't interested in reading long-form articles on how to do X or Y when they are off the clock.
- gardnr 1y agoI am here; so I can attest to HN being a place for everyone.
- justinator 1y agoPerl devs too. There are literally dozens of us!
- gardnr 1y ago> There are literally dozens of us! I am happy that you are here but there is no need for hyperbole.
- compiler-guy 1y agoShout out to all the MUMPS programmers out there reading HN. May your code always be healthy.
- p_l 1y agoThere's more MUMPS programming going around than many people believe, especially in financials... Including new development.
- bluedino 1y agohttps://prog21.dadgum.com/143.html https://prog21.dadgum.com/143.html
- zoom6628 1y agoEx COBOL dev here. Started at NCR on COBOL for minis and mainframes. Then built stuff on Wang VS COBOL for ERP systems until 93. Quite a few other languages since then but been a Product Manager for past 20+ years.
- jmclnx 1y agoSame here, I worked on Wang VS COBOL too. IMO, it had the best TUI Screen generation Tools I have ever seen. Towards the end, I worked on a project to port Wang VS OS and its COBOL to AIX. I was tasked finding issues with COBOL Programs we had on the VS. It was a good environment, but Wang went CPT 11 before it was ready :) It was rather close to being complete.
- glaucon 1y agoI worked on Wang VS COBOL too, great environment. Also worked on Wang PACE, their 4GL/RDBMS, the people who developed that stuff did a great job.