What's COBOL?*
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Joseph Chiusano
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*just kidding - I had my COBOL 101 class way back in the late 80's;)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken North [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:41 PM
> To:
> Subject: [xml-dev] Standards controversy? (Updating
> programming languages to support XML)
>
> It appears adding XML support to the COBOL standard may be
> more controversial that it was for the SQL 2003 standard.
>
> Barry Tauber recently wrote "XML and the New COBOL"
> http://www.webservicessummit.com/Trends/COBOL_XML.htm
>
> The article has raised questions:
>
> 1. Whether the COBOL standard will move through INCITS and
> ANSI to become an ISO Fast Track candidate.
> 2. Whether it will win ISO approval. According to William M.
> Klein, Germany has questioned whether XML support belongs in
> the COBOL standard.
>
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