本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Shame on me, copy and paste from two excellent articles. But is that what an architect would do? LOL.
So there are some IT guy, working with some fancy gadgets and funky computers and networks.
And, there are these kinds of BBS forums all over every corner the Internet, in all different countries, where some self-acclaimed super super super senior IT professionals 用各国语言此起彼伏乐此不疲无比陶醉的发着同一个月经贴:
Cobol 已经是昨日黄花，现在是C, C++, Java，C#……what-so-ever 的时代了。
唉。
叔我无意改变各位Rolia IT巨孽体内早已蚀骨缚魂的观念。叔发贴是要告诉那些被搅得昏头转向的Newbie/菜鸟们 – Cobol，更重要的是编程语言背后传承的Business Logic and Procedureal process，是不可绕过的基础课。你也许学了个diploma就成功找到了IT工作，但是这些基础课，是要补上的。否则，是难免在一波又一波的IT浪潮中当炮灰的。
既然说Cobol没有过时，So, where are all the Cobol geeks?
Well, it is everywhere and at the same time nowhere.
Cobol's reach is so pervasive that it is almost unthinkable that the average person could go a day without it. Whether using an ATM, stopping at traffic lights or purchasing a product online, the vast majority of us will use COBOL in one form or another as part of our daily existence.
The statistics that surround COBOL attest to its huge influence upon the business world. There are over 220 billion lines of COBOL in existence, a figure which equates to around 80% of the world's actively used code. There are estimated to be over a million COBOL programmers in the world today. Most impressive perhaps, is that 200 times as many COBOL transactions take place each day than Google searches - a figure which puts the influence of Web 2.0 into stark perspective.
Is that all? No, far from it. 只是个开头而已。
Every year, COBOL systems are responsible for transporting up to 72,000 shipping containers, caring for 60 million patients, processing 80% of point-of-sales transactions and connecting 500 million mobile phone users. COBOL manages our train timetables, air traffic control systems, holiday bookings and supermarket stock controls. And the list could go on.
C, C++. Java，C#，Python，Ruby，PHP等等等等花样翻新的编程语言，都是结合一些很实际的应用而产生的。在Unix, DBMS, Windows, and now Internet一路狂飚的年代，这些编程语言也都有着旺盛的生命力。另一方面，每种语言也都有其自身的局限性。
COBOL is the one that making sure your money is safe at the bank. I know it's a boring language, but no other language does better job. And that's a fact, Man
今天先写到这。等叔得空儿再回来讲那些被许多人遗忘的基本概念，还有为什么Cobol在business application 领域丧钟响了30年还是无可替代。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
So there are some IT guy, working with some fancy gadgets and funky computers and networks.
And, there are these kinds of BBS forums all over every corner the Internet, in all different countries, where some self-acclaimed super super super senior IT professionals 用各国语言此起彼伏乐此不疲无比陶醉的发着同一个月经贴:
Cobol 已经是昨日黄花，现在是C, C++, Java，C#……what-so-ever 的时代了。
唉。
叔我无意改变各位Rolia IT巨孽体内早已蚀骨缚魂的观念。叔发贴是要告诉那些被搅得昏头转向的Newbie/菜鸟们 – Cobol，更重要的是编程语言背后传承的Business Logic and Procedureal process，是不可绕过的基础课。你也许学了个diploma就成功找到了IT工作，但是这些基础课，是要补上的。否则，是难免在一波又一波的IT浪潮中当炮灰的。
既然说Cobol没有过时，So, where are all the Cobol geeks?
Well, it is everywhere and at the same time nowhere.
Cobol's reach is so pervasive that it is almost unthinkable that the average person could go a day without it. Whether using an ATM, stopping at traffic lights or purchasing a product online, the vast majority of us will use COBOL in one form or another as part of our daily existence.
The statistics that surround COBOL attest to its huge influence upon the business world. There are over 220 billion lines of COBOL in existence, a figure which equates to around 80% of the world's actively used code. There are estimated to be over a million COBOL programmers in the world today. Most impressive perhaps, is that 200 times as many COBOL transactions take place each day than Google searches - a figure which puts the influence of Web 2.0 into stark perspective.
Is that all? No, far from it. 只是个开头而已。
Every year, COBOL systems are responsible for transporting up to 72,000 shipping containers, caring for 60 million patients, processing 80% of point-of-sales transactions and connecting 500 million mobile phone users. COBOL manages our train timetables, air traffic control systems, holiday bookings and supermarket stock controls. And the list could go on.
C, C++. Java，C#，Python，Ruby，PHP等等等等花样翻新的编程语言，都是结合一些很实际的应用而产生的。在Unix, DBMS, Windows, and now Internet一路狂飚的年代，这些编程语言也都有着旺盛的生命力。另一方面，每种语言也都有其自身的局限性。
COBOL is the one that making sure your money is safe at the bank. I know it's a boring language, but no other language does better job. And that's a fact, Man
今天先写到这。等叔得空儿再回来讲那些被许多人遗忘的基本概念，还有为什么Cobol在business application 领域丧钟响了30年还是无可替代。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net