R: COBOL ILE - what future does it have?

[Finucci Domenico <Domenico.Finucci@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

English language is widely used for commercial purposes: COBOL is about the same.

Sincerely

Domenico Finucci
-----Original Message-----
From: geir.kildal@entragroup.com [mailto:geir.kildal@entragroup.com]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 09:20
To: COBOL400-L@midrange.com
Subject: COBOL ILE - what future does it have?

> > Hello. 
> >
> > While I have started working with ILE-COBOL, I have 
> >     been thinking about this old laguage, which has been doomed to death for the 
> >     last twenty years, but is still working, and beeing developed.  Today 
> >     it has become OO-like, but what will happend in the future?  How long 
> >     will COBOL be a useful language, and will it ever be able to do some of the 
> >     things Java can do today?(Internet, client/server etc) 
> >
> > Can some Guru share some visions about 
> >     COBOL?
> >
> > Mvh.
> >
> > Geir 
> > Kildal