[mech422]

I haven't written cobol since late 90s-early 2k...

But my experiences were just the opposite. If you need to write accounting software, COBOL is a pretty painless way to do it. Add in something like automatic copybooks from DDL in file metadata (like the OS/400 supported) and it was great never having to worry about people forgetting to update record layouts.

the result was you could knock out your typical accounting stuff fairly quickly..

[hyperman1]

Lets chalk it up to different corporate cultures then. Copybooks around here have so much redefines that the smallest mistake causes data corruption. Also, theres not a week going by without someone running out of numbers.