Rodent Regatta

In companies of all sizes the Cobol programming language has been the underlying language for business-critical applications for several decades. With every innovation has come some tweaking, some interfacing and some shade-tree engineering to allow these legacy applications to survive.

Now comes an op-ed piece from Michael Vizard that declares Cobol, The Enemy. He lists a string of companies that are endorsing the enterprise service bus (ESB) as a means of integrating new technology with older Cobol technology. The death of Cobol has been foreseen for thirty years, but life support keeps it functioning.