I am currently attending college working on an Associate in Computer Technology, one of my classes focuses on Programing Logic and Design through COBOL but I'm not familiar with it. Who uses it and is it used often, though I have more knowledge on Basic, C++, C.NET and C#, I was wondering how COBOL would help me in the future in my career?
2007-01-09 06:23:02 · 4 answers · asked by Enterrador 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
http://www.infogoal.com/cbd/
you do well, grasshopper, to further your studies and get a wide variety of experience to help you become a highly sought after programmer.
some older admins may laugh at you for putting it on your resume, but I know many banks still use this older coding language
2007-01-09 06:30:35 · answer #1 · answered by cindy lou 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
This may explain what COBOL is, as to whether it will help you or not, I learned COBOL and although I didn't use it later on, it was helpful to know as banks and a lot of other businesses still use it.
2007-01-09 06:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
COBOL stands for COmmon Business Oriented Language. Before C++, Visual Basic and JAVA started taking over everything. There are still tons of businesses who use it because they don't want to change everything over to newer languages. So it's still a valuable skill, if you want to learn it.
2007-01-09 06:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by rod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
COBOL is a third-generation programming language, and one of the oldest programming languages still in active use. Its name is an acronym for COmmon Business-Oriented Language, defining its primary domain in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governments.
The COBOL 2002 standard includes support for object-oriented programming and other modern language features.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL
link if you want more info
2007-01-09 06:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by bigrock6776 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋