S, Casey Ransberger piše:

> I read recently that a study done on enterprise apps written in many different languages found the most defects per capita in Java apps. This didn't come as a surprise, but what did: the apps with the lowest defect rates were written in COBOL. 

This study can be found here (registration needed):

The CRASH Report - 2011/12
(CAST Report on Application Software Health)
http://www.castsoftware.com/resources/resource/whitepapers/cast-report-on-application-software-health

Interesting read, recommended, findings can help improve our software too!


> The researchers seemed to scratch their heads and proclaim "...well, I guess there've been people grinding bugs off of the COBOL code for thirty years."
> 
> After the horror stories that I read about on comp.lang.cobol (I have strange hobbies? Also, some of those COBOL guys have a lot to teach) I think I nearly fell out of my chair laughing and achieved something approaching enlightenment;)
> 

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Janko Mivšek
Aida/Web
Smalltalk Web Application Server
http://www.aidaweb.si