Learning COBOL isn’t like learning a completely new language: It’s English. It consists of English-like structural components such as verbs, clauses and sentences. COBOL has been ported to virtually ...

You’d think a computer programming language created in 1959 would be outdated — but you’d be incredibly wrong. Most people know Java and C++, but good ol’ COBOL is still alive and kicking. In the US, ...

The name COBOL was decided upon at a meeting of the Short Range Committee of CODASYL (the Conference on Data Systems Languages) held on Sept. 18, 1959. COBOL, one of the oldest programming languages, ...

“It lowers the barrier to entry dramatically,” Fowler said. “Developers can open Cobol projects in Visual Studio or VS Code, ...

More than a century after the birth of pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper the programming language she helped establish, Cobol, still underpins software used by modern businesses. Cobol — ...

The share of searches per million for the programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed grew 707% during the coronavirus crisis. While job seekers are interested in the language — largely used for ...

For effectively all new development, the COBOL language is irrelevant. Many seem to think that Java is irrelevant, too, but I don't think that's the case. The problems that the languages were trying ...

(Updated 4/10: IBM and the Linux Foundation have partnered to set up a portal for both experienced and new COBOL coders to share resources and find opportunities. Here's a link to IBM's press release ...

Under the last coronavirus stimulus package signed into law late last year, each state was responsible for implementing federal unemployment extensions for people who lost their jobs in the pandemic.

We did a piece the other day about how learning the ancient programming language COBOL could make you bank. It was meant as a fun little article about the weird fact that large parts of our banking ...