Comment Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Score 1) 60
Did anyone actually look at the article? He is basing the "immenent death of Cobol" on a study purely based on job postings at www.dice.com
I personally don't think that is the single, definitive source for determining the future of Programming Languages. Not to mention - it shows a very slight decline on the number of job posting in Cobol. It's not valid to say - because the deman is declining it is going to zero...
I used COBOL for a long time - I know it very well. While I have little desire to do any more Cobol programming or maintenance in my life (althought I probably will)there is definitely a place for it and it's not going away.
Good programmers know about "the right tool for the job". Most bad programmers I know are ones who only know one language and think that is the best solution for every problem...
Dan
I personally don't think that is the single, definitive source for determining the future of Programming Languages. Not to mention - it shows a very slight decline on the number of job posting in Cobol. It's not valid to say - because the deman is declining it is going to zero...
I used COBOL for a long time - I know it very well. While I have little desire to do any more Cobol programming or maintenance in my life (althought I probably will)there is definitely a place for it and it's not going away.
Good programmers know about "the right tool for the job". Most bad programmers I know are ones who only know one language and think that is the best solution for every problem...
Dan
