Re: [External] Is this list still alive

[Bruce Vining <bruce.vining@xxxxxxxxx>]

COBOL definitely continues to be a development language on the i.  The
forum may not be as active as say RPG, but that doesn't mean it's not
actively in use (though perhaps COBOL "beginners" are less in quantity than
RPG beginners).

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 10:24 AM Lehti, Eric <elehti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I know of a couple organizations who use COBOL on IBMi but do not to post
> to this forum.
> Perhaps they choose to post their COBOL comments to other sites like
> https://www.reddit.com/r/cobol/
> Seems reddit and other forums have user engagement to
> https://www.reddit.com/r/IBMi/
> Perhaps we need to advertise so as to get more followers and lurkers here
> so as not to lose them to https://www.reddit.com/r/as400/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: COBOL400-L <cobol400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
> Paul Nicolay
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:07 AM
> To: cobol400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [External] [COBOL400-L] Is this list still alive
>
> Hi,
>
>
> While it is more than 20 years ago that I still did Cobol on IBM i it's
> time to dig into it once again for a project.
>
>
> Googl'ing around and looking at this list I was amazed that there's almost
> zero information or activity.
>
>
> Isn't Cobol used anymore on IBM i or is everyone so experienced (I hope so
> for my future questions).
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Paul
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