When going through the Jobs section of the classifieds i came across a few adds asking for Cobal programers. This stuck me as a bit odd, considering some of the criteria listed: (Must be young and vibrant, Min 5 Years Experiance) All these factors tell me they looking for a Windows Generation programmer, Not a Old IBM Mainframe programmer.

As i remember, Cobal was (and probably is still) used on the Big Mainframes, Many of which were put out of action due to the Y2K bug (two digit year coding).

Every company that i've done work for has Updated there Mainframes to PC server networks (most done it long before 1998/9)

Has IBM sorted out the Y2K bug in the systems and are there still any of these Mainframes in use today, And this leads me to my biggest question:

Is cobal been taught as a primary subject and not covered as a history lesson in schools today.

A quick (very quick) search poped up this site with Cobal Language Reference books (http://www.theamericanprogrammer.com/programming/manuals.cobol.shtml) published in 2004/5. Meaning that the language seems to be alive and well...

what are your thoughts and experiance on the language??

Gremmy...