For a few years, we were presumably in "no new COBOL -- just maintain what you have" mode. Oddly enough, our code base seemed to keep growing. Apparently, some things just write themselves.
For that matter, the whole concept that maintenance is something that could be performed by mindless drones is only rarely true. When I look at what is considered "maintenance" in the software business, I frequently see complex entities -- added functionality, entire new subsystems, new interfaces. If I maintained my house like that, I would have maintained myself into a 35-room mansion with a sauna and a drawbridge by now. But "it's maintenance programming -- it shouldn't take so long." Jon <snip> Personally, I don't hear of a LOT of new development being done in COBOL, but certainly do hear of a lot of applications continuing to run (and being maintained) in COBOL. </snip> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
