kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoJava at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhousewww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down113
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minus-square1rre@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·7 months agoThe difference is people still write Java, regardless of whether it’s a dated pos or not, so the use cases have evolved Then there’s the use of the JVM/JRE which have evolved even more due to Scala, Clojure & Kotlin
minus-square_NetNomad@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoCOBOL is still being updated because, believe it or not, people are still writing COBOL
minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·7 months agoPeople aren’t writing new projects in COBOL. It’s mostly to maintain 40+ year old systems. Unless you’re working in the bank sector, it’s unlikely you will write a program in COBOL.
The difference is people still write Java, regardless of whether it’s a dated pos or not, so the use cases have evolved
Then there’s the use of the JVM/JRE which have evolved even more due to Scala, Clojure & Kotlin
COBOL is still being updated because, believe it or not, people are still writing COBOL
People aren’t writing new projects in COBOL. It’s mostly to maintain 40+ year old systems. Unless you’re working in the bank sector, it’s unlikely you will write a program in COBOL.