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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 05:42:15 -0000 (UTC)
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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or being acquired, and having that technical-debt-ridden stuff superseded 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.