[Info-vax] Coding with/without RDBMS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <e4874d12-6965-4172-b41d-18bce3fe3839n at googlegroups.com>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?= <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com> writes:

> I mentioned previously how COBOL was supposedly designed for =E2=80=9Cbusin=
> ess=E2=80=9D needs, yet it didn=E2=80=99t take long to become apparent that=
>  it had become woefully out of step with actual =E2=80=9Cbusiness=E2=80=9D =
> needs, when businesses became more dependent on SQL databases instead of IS=
> AM files; COBOL was born in the era of ISAM files, and never really adapted=
>  to be being able to cope in a very flexible way with SQL.

There is a huge amount of COBOL using embedded SQL, compiled with help 
of the Rdb precompiler, interacting with Rdb databases.  Works well and 
makes the companies which run it hundreds of millions in profit.  COBOL 
is fine with RMS files and fine with the Rdb SQL database.

Is it colder in the winter or in the country?