COBOL is one of the oldest programming languages still widely used to power critical applications across multiple industries. A February 2022 survey found that there are 775 to 850 billion lines ...

New research on the global scale of the COBOL programming language suggests that there are upwards of 800 billion lines of COBOL code being used by organizations and institutes worldwide, some ...

Otterkit is a free and open-source compiler for the COBOL programming language that runs on the .NET platform. It is currently in the alpha stage, under development to implement the COBOL 2023 standar ...

IBM is launching a new AI-powered service designed to "assist" companies and programmers in transitioning ancient COBOL code into the modern, cloud-centric era. Watsonx Code Assistant has ...

As part of its Academic Program, Micro Focus , a leading provider of enterprise application modernization, testing and management solutions, is launching a global COBOL code contest. Student and ...

COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language, is one of the oldest programming languages in use, dating back to around 1959. It’s had surprising staying power; according to a 2022 survey, there ...

COBOL, developed in 1959, is widely used in the financial, automotive, and medical industries because it uses a command syntax that is similar to natural language. However, the number of human ...

In a technical blog post specific to COBOL conversion, IBM's Kyle Charlet, CTO for zSystems software, steps up to the plate and says what a lot of people have said about COBOL: It's not just the ...