We have all been reading with interest the wide variety of commentary in recent days regarding the programming language COBOL in the middle of the debate. The commentary ranges from bewilderment that it is still so widely used, to bewilderment at those who didn’t realize it was still in use, to those who were amazed at the vast array of everyday transactions reliant on COBOL across a variety of industries. At Micro Focus, we like to keep things in perspective, so let’s revisit some of the implied problems facing the world of COBOL right now, and dig past the perceptions. Read more