Earlier this week I saw a requirement for 10 Cobol programmers (long term) in Northern Ireland. Pay was about 25% normal VFP rates though.

>For those worried about VFP and its future, herewith something written about Cobol in June 2000- see
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>http://www.softwarestrategies.com/web_first/ss.nsf/Contents/862568C90059D1D6862569140074017B?OpenDocument
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>Key points:
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>- Gatner Group says Cobol is far from dead and will survive for years
>- Organisations like the IRS are paying big money to buy it
>- The IRS was impressed with Cobol's robustness when it processed a million records in 40 minutes (gasp!)
>- Cobol 2002, a new programming standard, will pick up OO features including Inheritance.
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>Perhaps "joining the Cobol Club" isn't something to dread after all.
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>Regards
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>JR
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