Cobol???? That still in use?

You'll actually be surprised at how many legacy systems are still actually using COBOL. It might be old and it's certainly not buzzword compliant but it's still being used. We use it at work for our legacy fulfillment system.

I am surprised you school does not offer Perl.

Perl isn't all that common in schools the last time I checked. That's not to say that some schools do not offer it but the vast majority will offer C/C++ or Java. In fact I'm surprised that Java is not mentioned in the OP's list.

-- vek --

In reply to Re: Re: Which language would be most helpful? by vek
in thread Which language would be most helpful? by mrpilot

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