Think of Cobol when you think of sustainable development: The original developers of the Cobol language could not conceive of programs written in Cobol that would still be in use in 1999, and yet when the year 2000 came along, all of a sudden there was a huge demand to fix all the Cobol applications. Here’s a related joke:
It is the year 2000 and a Cobol programmer has just finished verifying that the Y2K fixes he has made to a computer system critical to the U.S. government are correct. The president is so grateful that he tells the programmer that he can have anything he wants. After thinking about it for a while, the programmer replies that he would like to be frozen and reawakened at some point in the future so he can experience the future of mankind. His wish is granted.
Many years pass. When the programmer is woken up, people shake his hand and slap him on the back. He is led on a long parade, with people cheering him as he goes to a huge mansion. The master of the universe greets him enthusiastically. Pleased but puzzled, the programmer asks the master of the universe why he has received such a warm reception. The master of the universe replies “Well, it’s the year 2999 and you have Cobol on your resume!“
COBOL will never die…remember these words folks!
Jay guru dev
VjSoft57
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