Re^3: When to use perl

COBOL has no advantages. COBOL needs no advantages.

When a company has several million lines of working COBOL code that the organisation relies on for daily operations then COBOL has an advantage :-)

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Re: Re^3: When to use perl by vek (Prior) on May 31, 2003 at 20:03 UTC
I agree with you 100% adrianh. I work for one such company that has about a million lines of legacy COBOL code that is relied apon for daily operations :-) -- vek --	[reply]
Re: Re^3: When to use perl by kutsu (Priest) on Jun 01, 2003 at 00:31 UTC
When I started with my company, continuing to today in fact, all our register programs were written in COBOL, so I programed in COBOL. Saying this, I would love to see these programs redone in C, C++, or almost anything else. "Pain is weakness leaving the body, I find myself in pain everyday" -me	[reply]