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Larry O'Neal

on June 19 2021 at 10:35 PM Edited

46 years mainframe Software Engineer (CA, IBM, DBMS, MCCI, Allis-Chalmers, B.A.Railton, etc) in Assembler, Cobol, VS/Pascal, Fortran, PL/I, etc. Retired 2018
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Gagan Kakkar

on February 02 2021 at 09:29 PM Edited

https://techchannel.com/Enterprise/02/2021/cobol-redefines

How COBOL REDEFINES the Way You Think About Business Programming | TechChannel
COBOL makes sense, beginning with planning and understanding what you’re going to do before you write the first line of code
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Peter Marshall

on December 16 2020 at 10:55 AM Edited

Hi, been away form Cobol for a while, but Scheme provided apps still use cobol undercovers, so still get to see :-)
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Reg Harbeck

on September 21 2020 at 03:36 AM Edited

Mark your calendar for October 21, when we'll talk about the source, context, and strategies concerning the impact of recompiling pre-COBOL 6 code on z/OS: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1369021&tp_key=d43e1d957a&sti=cloudcomp #COBOL #IBMZ #LEGACY #R4HA

If it ain't broke, why recompile COBOL? - 1369021
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Reg Harbeck

on July 27 2020 at 12:20 AM Edited

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. COBOL-JOKE.
DATA DIVISION.
WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
01 ORIGINAL-PROGRAM PIC X(16) VALUE 'WRITTEN IN 1960.'.
01 NEW-PROGRAM REDEFINES ORIGINAL-PROGRAM.
05 FILLER PIC X(11).
05 NEW-PROGRAM-YEAR PIC 9(04).
05 FILLER PIC X.
01 FULL-DATE-TIME.
05 YEAR-NOW PIC 9(04).
05 FILLER PIC X(12).
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
DISPLAY "I HAD A COBOL JOKE "ORIGINAL-PROGRAM.
MOVE FUNCT... more
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- Finbar Burke Haha, It still works Reg! you really should consider doing mainframe standup, niche I know but.....
  
  PS you can indent on blogs, but on feeds you need to keep posts compact, hence the squeeze.
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- Reg Harbeck Sorry the indentation got stripped out.
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Gagan Kakkar

on July 07 2020 at 07:40 AM Edited

https://www.crowdcast.io/e/learn-how-cobol-and-open/register

Learn how COBOL and open source are used in modern mainframe ecosystem - Crowdcast
Register now for IBM Developer's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Wednesday July 08, 2020 at 9:30 am PDT.
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Rui Miguel Feio

on May 13 2020 at 10:56 AM Edited

Learn COBOL with these online training courses and tutorials - TechRepublic
These online COBOL courses can help both beginners and expert developers learn the COBOL programming language and COBOL applications.
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Rui Miguel Feio

on May 04 2020 at 12:50 PM Edited
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Rui Miguel Feio

on April 28 2020 at 12:56 PM Edited

COBOL programmers -- your time may have come
If, like me, your early introduction to computers was learning to code COBOL, don't despair because those old skills may still prove useful.
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Reg Harbeck

on April 19 2020 at 12:14 AM Edited

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Rui Miguel Feio

on April 09 2020 at 11:56 AM Edited

Connecting, not colliding – COBOL – Mainframe Debate
With cloud and mainframe markets both buoyant, IT teams are assessing where is best for their core business systems. Taking the role of...
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Reg Harbeck

on April 08 2020 at 11:52 PM Edited

#COBOL links to get better insights:

https://www.planetmainframe.com/2019/08/cobol-still-the-best-for-new-high-volume-applications-after-all-these-years/

https://ibmsystemsmag.com/IBM-Z/05/2019/cobol-turns-60

https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Trends/09/2019/captain-cobol-tom-ross

https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Trends/11/2019/michelle-yeager-hayley-owens-cobol

https://ibmsystemsmag.com/Trends/10/2019/ray-mullins

https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/blogs/destination-z1/2019/12/23/g... more

COBOL: Still the Best for New High-Volume Applications After All These Years - Planet Mainframe
It’s not “cobalt” – though it is often blue. It’s not out-of-date – though programs written in it 60 years ago require very little updating to...
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