Re^2: Which language would be most helpful?

There's also the fact that there are still a lot of COBOL systems out there.

Businesses tend not to like rewriting their codebase from scratch in another language, so there is a surprising amount of COBOL work out there. I've also heard from a couple of people that it's harder to recruit good COBOL coders these days (for obvious reasons) so it may start paying more $$$ too.

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Re: Re: Re: Which language would be most helpful? by pvck (Novice) on Feb 02, 2003 at 19:48 UTC
On the flip side of this, I once had a man lurking in front of a Wallgreens say to me "I'm a COBOL programmer. Got any change?" ;> I would also like to note just as an additional data point that our local .edu has replaced C++ with Java for the entry-level CS programming class. This irritates me, but as I am merely a newbie myself, I cannot coherently state why, just as I can add little to the original question. --pvck	[reply]
Re^4: Which language would be most helpful? by adrianh (Chancellor) on Feb 02, 2003 at 20:00 UTC
Ah - but was he a good COBOL programmer ;-) I think you'll find Java replacing C++ for teaching in a lot of place (certainly seems to be true in the UK). IMHO it's a far easier first language to learn and, possibly more importantly, teach then C++.	[reply]