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Originally Posted by SaintessHeart
Though I have learned COBOL in my younger days with messing with something called a PC, seriously speaking, nobody uses COBOL anymore. It is extinct like the punched card.
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About half the business world disagrees with you...
there's so much legacy COBOL out there its astounding. You probably aren't aware that most Fortune 500 companies have enormous assets in legacy computing. As much as 90% of ALL business and financial transactions pass through COBOL-based systems.
The extreme version of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
I *could* spend the rest of my life supporting
PDP series computers running assembly code that are integral parts of oil industry and automation industry, they aren't just attached - they're hardwired into systems -- because the thought of replacing them scares the shit out of everyone.