Pete Dashwood's guest appearances

Pete Dashwood

CodeNewbie

Jason Scott

Majora Carter

Chris Palmer

Ben Orenstein

Kanika Tolver

Kristy Tillman

Chris Coyier

Laura Elizabeth

Lara Hogan

Mina Markham

Rachel Nabors

Andrew Chen

Ryan Hoover

Linda Liukas

Jerod Santo

OwlTail

In this episode, we're talking about COBOL, with Pete Dashwood, CEO of PRIMA Computing, a company that helps other companies move off of COBOL. Pete talks about what it was like to be a programmer working in COBOL in the 60’s, what the programming language is good at, and the current state of COBOL. Show Links AWS Insiders  (sponsor)  PRIMA Computing COBOL COBOL, a 60-year-old computer language, is in the COVID-19 spotlight High-level programming language Assembly language Java C# Python IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors Mainframe computer BASIC PL/I Von-Neumann Model Object-oriented programming Batch processing Cretaceous COBOL Can Spawn Jurassic Java Object-oriented COBOL Commodore 64 Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours Straight and Crooked Thinking Pete DashwoodPete Dashwood is the CEO of PRIMA Computing, which helps companies migrate off of COBOL. He started programming computers before what most people call a "computer" was invented. He started with punched cards and paper tape, and much of the history of computing is the history of his career.

<p>In this episode, we're talking about COBOL, with Pete Dashwood, CEO of PRIMA Computing, a company that helps other companies move off of COBOL. Pete talks about what it was like to be a programmer working in COBOL in the 60’s, what the programming language is good at, and the current state of COBOL.<br><br></p> <h4>Show Links</h4> <ul><li><a href="https://link.chtbl.com/awsinsiders?sid=podcast.codenewbie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AWS Insiders </a> (sponsor) </li> <li><a href="https://primacomputing.co.nz/PRIMAMetro/default.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PRIMA Computing</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COBOL</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90488862/what-is-cobol" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">COBOL, a 60-year-old computer language, is in the COVID-19 spotlight</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">High-level programming language</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_language" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Assembly language</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Java</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Sharp_(programming_language)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C#</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_(programming_language)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Python</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Basic_Assembly_Language_and_successors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainframe_computer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mainframe computer</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BASIC</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PL/I</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.javatpoint.com/von-neumann-model" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Von-Neumann Model</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-oriented_programming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Object-oriented programming</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_processing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Batch processing</a></li> <li><a href="https://dzone.com/articles/cretaceous-cobol-can-spawn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cretaceous COBOL Can Spawn Jurassic Java</a></li> <li><a href="https://supportline.microfocus.com/documentation/books/sx51/oppubb.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Object-oriented COBOL</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Commodore 64</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/sams-teach-yourself/9780768685510/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sams Teach Yourself COBOL in 24 Hours</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Straight and Crooked Thinking</a></li> </ul><h4>Pete Dashwood</h4><p>Pete Dashwood is the CEO of PRIMA Computing, which helps companies migrate off of COBOL. He started programming computers before what most people call a "computer" was invented. He started with punched cards and paper tape, and much of the history of computing is the history of his career.</p>

S12:E2 - What is COBOL and should you learn it (Pete Dashwood)