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briesmith -> RE: CSS (7/19/2005 12:21:46)
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Well, how many wrong statements can you make in one answer. This says it all.
COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) was one of the earliest high-level programming languages. It was developed in 1959 by a group of computer professionals called the Conference on Data Systems Languages (CODASYL). Since 1959 it has undergone several modifications and improvements. In an attempt to overcome the problem of incompatibility between different versions of COBOL, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) developed a standard form of the language in 1968. This version was known as American National Standard (ANS) COBOL. In 1974, ANSI published a revised version of (ANS) COBOL, containing a number of features that were not in the 1968 version. In 1985, ANSI published still another revised version that had new features not in the 1974 standard. The language continues to evolve today. Object-oriented COBOL is a subset of COBOL 97, which is the fourth edition in the continuing evolution of ANSI/ISO standard COBOL. COBOL 97 includes conventional improvements as well as object-oriented features. Like the C++ programming language, object-oriented COBOL compilers are available even as the language moves toward standardization.
So 50s not 60s, can handle object oriented programming, has developed etc.
What is clear from the above bears out what I said; vested interest tied COBOL down to the extent that between its inception in 1959 and today there have been only 4 major revisions. That's why it died out and that's what will hapen to web software technology.
PS A Ford Model T engineer would have absolutely no difficulty in understanding and working on a modern car. A 1959 COBOL programmer wouldn't know where to begin with .net etc.
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