COBOL, IS IT GOING AWAY?

COBOL, IS IT GOING AWAY? On May 28, 1959, the Conference of information Systems Languages (CODASYL) met for the first time with the idea of developing a widely distributed lyric poem for building lineage applications. That language was COBOL. By 1960, COBOL was commercially ready, and for the next 20 years, more programs were written in COBOL than in any other language. Influenced by FORTRAN, a programming language for the scientific community, and FlowMatic, the theme recognized the growing needs of the business community. They thought that if the scientific programmers were going to get a single language, they could do the same for business.

In April 1959, at an informal run across at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, a small group of computing machine manufacturers, large users and academics asked the Department of Defense (DOD) to head the efforts (The knowledgeability of COBOL,Brandel). The next month, the DOD called the first meeting of CODASYL, which consisted of eight computer manufacturers ...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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