Cobol and Node.js may seem like an odd pairing, but a developer has created a link between the two platforms, despite criticisms
Linking the old world of programming with the new, a Web developer
from Romania has built a bridge between highly fashionable Node.js and
that venerated but antiquated business programming language: Cobol.
Found on Github, the node-cobol project enables the running of Cobol code from Node.js, the popular server-side JavaScript platform.
"I just thought it would be funny to create a bridge between a popular
actual programming language -- Node.js -- and an old one -- Cobol,"
developer Ionica Bizau said in an email. "Honestly, I don't really think
there is a real need, except the nostalgia that it creates especially
for the Cobol programmers and people who know what Cobol is."
