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@mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 5 months ago

The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson)

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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson)

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@mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 5 months ago
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  • tiredofsametab
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    I doubt it. It’s still used in a whole lot of medical and banking applications where there’s a lot of text manipulation since it’s really good at that (HL7 and other EDI stuff for instance).

    • @MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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      Yeah. There’s always at least one mission critical Prel script that no one can read.

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      I made good money on EDI.

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