The share of searches per million for the programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed grew 707% during the coronavirus crisis. While job seekers are interested in the language — largely ...

Brylow said completely switching an existing system from COBOL to another programming language is far from a perfect solution.

Specifically, a half-century old programming language, COBOL (which stands for Common Business-Oriented Language), can’t handle the demand.

Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely used on mainframe computers like the systems that process the state’s unemployment ...

Some states have called on programmers who know the programming language COBOL to help their computers process unemployment claims in the wake of COVID-19.

There are almost no new COBOL programmers available so as retirees start passing away, then so does the maintenance for software written in the ancient programming language. What can banks do?

If not for FORTRAN, which was invented five years earlier, COBOL would hold the title of world’s oldest active programming language.

The COBOL generation Some smart people realized that a computer could do a lot more for more companies and decided that a better and easier programming language would make a huge difference. They even ...

Unlike modern programming languages that require specific syntax, COBOL is relatively simple to learn.

Micro Focus has updated its developer platform for the Cobol programming language, adding the ability to run Cobol applications on Microsoft’s Azure cloud service. Visual Cobol R3, released ...

Top programming languages: Python still rules but old Cobol gets a pandemic bump Python programming language is once again the most popular choice, according to IEEE Spectrum.