Hukumomi a jihar New Jersey ta Amurka sun fara neman masu shirya shirye-shirye da suka san yaren COBOL sakamakon karuwar nauyin tsofaffin kwamfutoci a cikin tsarin aikin Amurka sakamakon cutar korona. Kamar yadda The Register ya rubuta, ƙwararrun za su buƙaci sabunta software akan manyan abubuwan da suka shafe shekaru 40, waɗanda ba za su iya jurewa nauyin da ya ƙaru da yawa ba a cikin karuwar yawan marasa aikin yi sakamakon cutar ta Covid-19.
Karancin masu shirya shirye-shirye na COBOL bai iyakance ga New Jersey ba. A jihar Connecticut kuma hukumomi na neman kwararru a cikin wannan harshe, kuma a wannan yanayin ana gudanar da binciken tare da jami'an wasu jihohi uku. Tom's Hardware ya rubuta cewa ƙoƙarin nasu, kamar a New Jersey, bai kai ga nasara ba tukuna. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-jersey-cobol-coders-mainframes-coronavirus
A cewar wani binciken Binciken Kasuwancin Kwamfuta (https://www.cbronline.com/news/cobol-code-bases) da aka gudanar a cikin kwata na farko na shekarar 2020, matsalar bukatar sabunta manhaja a halin yanzu tana fuskantar kashi 70% na kamfanonin da, ko wani dalili, har yanzu suna amfani da shirye-shiryen da aka rubuta a cikin COBOL. Ba a san ainihin adadin irin waɗannan kamfanoni ba, amma a cewar Reuters, ana amfani da layin lambar wannan harshe biliyan 2020 a duk duniya a cikin 220.
Ana amfani da COBOL sosai ba kawai a cikin tsarin aiki ba, har ma a cikin ƙungiyoyin kuɗi. Harshen mai shekaru 61 yana iko da kashi 43% na aikace-aikacen banki, kuma kashi 95% na ATMs a duk duniya suna amfani da software da aka ƙirƙira da ita har zuwa wani lokaci.
Ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa ƙungiyoyi ba su gaggawar watsi da COBOL su canza zuwa shirye-shiryen da aka ƙirƙira ta amfani da harsunan shirye-shirye na yanzu shine tsadar sabuntawa. Bankin Commonwealth na Ostiraliya ya nuna hakan, wanda ya yanke shawarar maye gurbin duk aikace-aikacen da aka rubuta a cikin COBOL.
Wakilan bankin sun ba da rahoton cewa sauya shekar zuwa sabuwar manhaja ta dauki shekaru biyar - ta faru ne daga shekarar 2012 zuwa 2017. An san farashin wannan babban taron - sabuntawar ya kashe bankin kusan dala miliyan 750.
source: linux.org.ru