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Java won't curl up and die like Cobol, insists Oracle

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We've got versions 8, 9 and 10 to prove it QCon 2012 With Java 8 still on its way in mid-2013, Oracle is already prepping for Java 9 and 10, and protesting that reports of a Cobolesque slide into irrelevance are much exaggerated.…

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Comments (7)

number6x ·
COBOL is dead? While not the the 800 lb. gorilla it once was, it still seems to be going for a 50+ year old language...

http://duartes.org/gustavo/blog/post/programming-language-jo...

http://langpop.com/

Not my first programming language, but it did pay the bills for a while back in the 90's.
Bob_Robertson ·
"COBOL is dead?"

Funny, that is _exactly_ what went through my mind the instant I read the article title.
skelband ·
I don't think much new is being written in COBOL these days. Problem is there's so much legacy stuff around, it's taking a bit of killing off.

I think that's what they are referring to.
gus3 ·
It's on life support.
Jeff91 ·
Would it be wrong of me to pipe up and say I hope Java dies?

I mean really - other than portable (and slow) code what does java have going for it?

~Jeff
Bob_Robertson ·
"what does java have going for it?"

Advertising budget.

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