Name: Amina Zayyanu B/K
Title: Assignment
The programming language COBOL has been around since the
1950's, though by the changing standards of technology it was considered to be
old news by the 1980's. Still, the programming language continues to be used
today and shows no signs of fading away anytime soon. This lesson will take a
brief look at the history, resiliency and continued relevance of Cobol.
Understanding
COBOL's Divisions
COBOL is
divided into four divisions. The divisions are created in the program in this
order:
1. Identification
Division
2. Environment
Division
3. Data Division
4. Procedure
Division
However, COBOL wasn't left behind completely. It was
still used by banks and other major corporations who depend heavily on accuracy
and the stability of their programs to keep their companies running. COBOL
worked as many of them wanted it to for the most part. When hit with the idea
of migration to new languages, they found that many of their COBOL programs
were quite large and difficult to migrate. So, as many corporations prepared
for year 2000, they upgraded their COBOL programs to run well beyond 2000,
versus changing them over to new languages.
BASIC is
based on the classic BASICprogramming
language it is easy to learn, and it has been extended with structured programming
facilities and with easy to use GUI commands so you can create your own Windows
programs without needing to learn all the underlying details of the Windows
operating system.
References
Arranga,Edmund C. - The Viagrazation of
COBOL - COBOLwebler.com
Arranga, Edmund C. & Price, Wilson -
Fresh from Y2K, What's next for COBOL? (March/April 2000) - IEEE Software
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