Smithsonian Celebrates COBOL's 50th Anniversary With New Site

[William Park]

I wonder what will happen when the last COBOL programmer dies...
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William




----- Original Message ----
> From: Michael Lauzon <mlauzon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> To: GTALUG <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
> Sent: Thu, December 16, 2010 1:19:36 PM
> Subject: [TLUG]: Smithsonian Celebrates COBOL's 50th Anniversary With New Site
> 
> This is more for the programmers on the list, sadly, I'm not one of
> them, I  suck at math, so I know I wouldn't even be able to program.
> Anyeverhow,  here's a brief excerpt from the site, a link to it will
> follow:
> 
> One of  the oldest programming languages, COBOL (COmmon
> Business-Oriented Language)  turned 50 this past week. On December 6,
> 1960, COBOL was first used on two  different makes of computers,
> proving that compatibility across systems could  be achieved. To
> celebrate the anniversary, the Smithsonian's National Museum  of
> American History built out a new section of their website
>(http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=988&pagekey=989)
>)
> dedicated  to documenting the language's history; a related exhibit
> will open at the  museum this spring.
> 
> "Written initially for the short range, COBOL proved  so useful that it
> dominated much of government and business data processing  for
> decades," the new website explains. "Millions of banking  transactions
> are still processed daily with COBOL programs. As the use of  common
> programming languages became standard, a flourishing  independent
> computer software industry emerged."
> 
>http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/12/smithsonian-celebrates-cobols-50th-anniversary-with-new-website/68101/
>/
> 
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> Sincerely,
> 
> Michael Lauzon
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