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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 29 Sep 2024 20:00:23 GMT
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 05:42:15 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 01:28:01 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>> And COBOL is STILL with us, just under the skin. Lots of those 60s pgms
>> writ by narrow-tie horn-rim-glasses Dilberts STILL doing their thing.
> 
> They are disappearing, one way or the other. Companies that are still
> insisting on sticking to that legacy code gradually going out of
> business or being acquired, and having that technical-debt-ridden stuff
> superseded by more modern stuff from the parent company ...
> 
> Do you think PayPal, Ebay or TradeMe use COBOL code to manage their
> financial transactions? Of course not.

How many government agencies, financial institution and so forth do you 
think DON NOT have reams of legacy COBOL?