Posted by Mike on Friday, October 8, 2010 - 1,231 views
Generally speaking, you can divide the history of computers into four periods: the mainframe, the mini, the microprocessor, and the modern post-microprocessor. The mainframe era was characterized by computers that required large buildings and teams of technicians and manipulators to keep them going. More often than not, both academics and students had little direct touch with the mainframe – you handed a deck of punched cards to an operator and waited for the output to come out hours later. During the mainfame era, academics concentrated on languages and compilers, algorithms, and operating systems.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 249 views
Fidelity Information Systems (FIS) has put in place a strategy for integrating its myriad payment systems. This is centred on a ‘wrapper’ approach, using the newest of its offerings, its Nomad Software-derived Cortex debit and prepaid card system. Cortex is intended to provide a web services layer and standard look and feel. Functionality will be moved into this layer so that the back-end systems will increasingly become pure transaction engines.
FIS covers both the acquiring and switching sides of the sector. There is some overlap between the applications but the positioning is reasonably clear. On the switch side, the eFunds-derived Connex is one of FIS’s long-established workhorses. It runs on Hewlett-Packard’s Tandem-derived NonStop or IBM zOS platforms, with flat files or DB2, and is written in Cobol and Assembler at the back-end.
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Posted by Mike on Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 685 views
There are so many programming languages available that it can be very difficult to get to know them all well enough to pick the right one for you. On the other hand most men know what kind of woman appeals to them. So here is a handy guide for many of the popular programming languages that describes what kind of women they would be if programming languages were women.
COBOL A plump secretary.
She talks far too much, and most of what she says can be ignored. She works hard and long hours, but can’t handle really complicated jobs. She has a short and unpredictable temper, so no one really likes working with her. She can cook meals for a huge family, but only knows bland recipes.
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Posted by Mike on Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 394 views
Assembler: A formula I race car. Very fast but difficult to drive and maintain.
FORTRAN II: A Model T Ford. Once it was the king of the road.
FORTRAN IV: A Model A Ford.
FORTRAN 77: a six-cylinder Ford Fairlane with standard transmission and no seat belts.
COBOL: A delivery van. It’s bulky and ugly but it does the work.
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Posted by Mike on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 256 views
Aflac is converting mainframe applications written in Assembly language to Java (for real-time operations) or Cobol (for batch jobs), Rabon says. … MORE
