100 years of Grace Hopper

Iria · Dec 10, 2006, 05:53 AM

Source: News.com
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For most people who work in IT, the programming language COBOL is as dead as the dodo.

Yet Grace Hopper, the woman credited with establishing COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) as the language of business, would be pleased to know that 100 years after her birth, the language still underpins many applications that keep modern businesses going.

Dec 10, 2006, 05:53 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	100 years of Grace Hopper Source: News.com _________ For most people who work in IT, the programming language COBOL is as dead as the dodo. Yet Grace Hopper, the woman credited with establishing COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language) as the language of business, would be pleased to know that 100 years after her birth, the language still underpins many applications that keep modern businesses going.