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Yo sysprog: Cobol lives on in Visual Studio 2015
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Cobol, that old-time but still useful business programming language, will get a tie-in to Microsoft's latest Visual Studio IDE.
Micro Focus is adding Visual Studio 2015 support to its Visual Cobol tool for maintaining and modernizing enterprise applications. Previously, Micro Focus has supported Cobol development in Visual Studio 2013, 2012, and 2010.
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While Cobol does not have the buzz of newer languages like Java, JavaScript or Swift, it remains vital, Micro Focus said. "Cobol is the engine driving the world's most critical business applications," release notes said. "More than 2 million end users worldwide, including the major players in finance, manufacturing, logistics, and government services, rely on it for their business-critical systems."
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Yo sysprog: Cobol lives on in Visual Studio 2015
via
Cobol, that old-time but still useful business programming language, will get a tie-in to Microsoft's latest Visual Studio IDE.
Micro Focus is adding Visual Studio 2015 support to its Visual Cobol tool for maintaining and modernizing enterprise applications. Previously, Micro Focus has supported Cobol development in Visual Studio 2013, 2012, and 2010.
[ The InfoWorld review: Visual Studio 2015 breaks new ground | Download InfoWorld's special report: "Extending the reach of enterprise developers." | Keep up with hot topics in programming with InfoWorld's Application Development newsletter. ]
While Cobol does not have the buzz of newer languages like Java, JavaScript or Swift, it remains vital, Micro Focus said. "Cobol is the engine driving the world's most critical business applications," release notes said. "More than 2 million end users worldwide, including the major players in finance, manufacturing, logistics, and government services, rely on it for their business-critical systems."
To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here