Don't hate COBOL until you've tried it

Re:Don't hate COBOL until you've tried it by dontlikeitupem on Friday October 27, 2017 @09:30AM (#15568052)

The best thing about COBOL is the distinct lack of hipster coders or frameworks. I worked on various COBOL code bases over the years, and they were always approachable, if a little long-winded. My cheques still process via COBOL code a friend's grandmother wrote and still runs on emulated Unisys hardware.

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Re:Don't hate COBOL until you've tried it by DanHulton on Friday October 27, 2017 @01:30PM (#15570467)

Clearly you haven't caught up with the future, my friend: http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM

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Re:Don't hate COBOL until you've tried it by amorphid on Saturday October 28, 2017 @09:24PM (#15577581)

I will not mourn the death of paper checks in the USA. I still have to pay my rent with a paper check. Le sigh.

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