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Re:IBM Z mainframes revived by Red Hat, AI and security by boznz on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:17PM (#24229095)
There seems to be a moral to every Old language replacement story.

I am Not sure why languages are suddenly considered obsolete, I think it is that all the programmers suddenly run over to the next big thing leaving massive gaps in staff that mean recruitment becomes a problem. If I was in the market today I would be running the other way and embracing what currently works.

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Re:IBM Z mainframes revived by Red Hat, AI and security by hakfoo on Friday August 21, 2020 @08:23PM (#24240406)
I blame the Resume Driven Development mindset.

"Maintained a COBOL system that processes twenty zillion transactions per hour" just doesn't sparkle like "replaced 40-year-old monolith with a galaxy of JavaScript microsoervices that get winded at 100 requests per hour."

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