Subj : Re: COBOL?
To   : MRO
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun May 07 2023 07:11 am

-=> MRO wrote to Dr. What <=-

> I never said that COBOL was gone.  But as a long term career, COBOL is a
> poor choice.  Now, COBOL plus <something else> may be a good thing in most
> companies today.  But a COBOL-only programmer isn't going to have a good job
> for 20 years.
>

MR> if they worked for my state govt they would.


Yeah, I don't think the idea was to put all of your eggs in one basket,
says the guy with FORTRAN in his handle.  :)




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