John Knight <johnknight at usa.com> wrote in message
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> "The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > Parse Tree <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:TY0Z8.295$Db.180747 at news20.bellglobal.com...> > > "Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab at lojban.org> wrote in message
> > > news:jgv8ju4mpovmiqp7htdsb8gee0013a8sbf at 4ax.com...> > > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > >But that didn't even make Cobol the industry standard, because
> > > > >*COMMERCIALLY* developed languages like Fortran and Algol became
the
> > > > >standard.
> > > >
> > > > COBOL was and remains the industry standard in business programming,
> > which
> > > is
> > > > the largest percentage of software in the country. Algol never was
> much
> > > used
> > > > in the US.
> > >
> > > Are you implying that COBOL is the most widely used language in the
> world?
> > > That is not true. C holds that position. Actually, there are quite a
> few
> > > languages that are more widely used than COBOL.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Not for business programmming, Parse. COBOL is still the most commonly
> used,
> > although C is used more widely in general.
> >
> > T9W
> >
> >
>>> Well, now, there's a nice, concise, clear, FEMINAZI statement.
>> "COBOL is still the most commonly used, although C is used more widely in
> general".
>> Would you mind explaining to us poor creatures who're weighted down with
all
> those 3 1/2 billion extra brain cells exactly what this means?
>> Everybody claims that their favorite language is the most widely spread,
but
> I must admit this is the first time I've seen someone claim that both C
and
> Cobol are more widely used than each other.
Not a problem. There are many types of applications which use computer
languages. One of these types is classified as business applications, which
mainly uses COBOL to interface with a mainframe system to run reports and
generate simple but precise business reports, such as payroll. There are
also game applications(using C or C++), interface applications (such as
order forms which are divided between visbasic and C or C++), scientific
applications(which commonly use FORTRAN), and various and sundry other
applications too numerous to mention(such as email).
While C is the most common computer language used, COBOL is more commonly
used in business applications. Now, I can put it into an analogy if you
like, if you still don't understand.
T9W
