The venerable programming language has several advantages over its younger, more fashionable rivals, and can keep costs down in the right circumstances, says Rod Newing
Cobol users seem to be rather too defensive about their programming language. One of them recently explained to me that a lot of firms couldn't afford to move off Cobol, but tools are available to ...
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