Iziphathimandla esifundazweni saseMelika iNew Jersey seziqalile ukuthungatha abahleli bezinhlelo abazi ulimi lwe-COBOL ngenxa yomthwalo owandayo kuma-PC amadala ohlelweni lokuqashwa kwaseMelika ngenxa ye-coronavirus. Njengoba iRejista ibhala, ochwepheshe bazodinga ukuthi babuyekeze isoftware kuma-mainframes aneminyaka engu-40 ubudala, angeke esakwazi ukubhekana nomthwalo osukhule kakhulu phakathi kwenani elikhulayo labantu abangasebenzi ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19.
Ukushoda kwabahleli bezinhlelo ze-COBOL akugcini nje eNew Jersey. Esifundeni sase-Connecticut, iziphathimandla zifuna ochwepheshe balolu limi, futhi kulokhu ukusesha kwenziwa ngokubambisana nezikhulu ezivela kwezinye izifundazwe ezintathu. I-Hardware kaTom ibhala ukuthi imizamo yabo, njengaseNew Jersey, ayikaholeli empumelelweni. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-jersey-cobol-coders-mainframes-coronavirus
Ngokocwaningo lweComputer Business Review (https://www.cbronline.com/news/cobol-code-bases) olwenziwa engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2020, inkinga yesidingo sokwenza isofthiwe ibe yesimanje manje ibhekene nezinkampani ezingu-70%, ngesizathu esisodwa noma esinye, zisasebenzisa izinhlelo ezibhalwe ku-COBOL. Inani eliqondile lamabhizinisi anjalo alaziwa, kepha ngokusho kweReuters, imigqa yekhodi yalolu limi eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2020 isetshenziswa emhlabeni wonke ngo-220.
I-COBOL isetshenziswa ngenkuthalo hhayi kuphela ezinhlelweni zokuqashwa, kodwa nasezinhlanganweni zezezimali. Ulimi oluneminyaka engu-61 lunika amandla ama-43% ezicelo zebhange, kanti ama-ATM angama-95% emhlabeni wonke asebenzisa isoftware edalwe ngayo ngokwezinga elithile.
Esinye sezizathu ezenza izinhlangano zingajahi ukushiya i-COBOL futhi zishintshele ezinhlelweni ezidalwe kusetshenziswa izilimi zokuhlela zamanje yizindleko eziphezulu zokubuyekeza. Lokhu kuboniswe yi-Commonwealth Bank yase-Australia, eyanquma ukuvala ngokuphelele zonke izicelo ezibhalwe ku-COBOL.
Abamele ibhange babike ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwesofthiwe entsha kuthathe iminyaka emihlanu - kwenzeka kusukela ngo-2012 kuya ku-2017. Izindleko zalo mcimbi omkhulu ziyaziwa - ukubuyekezwa kubiza ibhange cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-750.
Source: linux.org.ru