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A comment on Ask HN: Is anyone programming in modern COBOL?.

Re:Ask HN: Is anyone programming in modern COBOL? by Flankk on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:39PM (#29611097)
I don't think so. There's a lot of legacy software that still uses it. I'd wager most COBOL developers are over the age of 50. Old as dust.
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Re:Ask HN: Is anyone programming in modern COBOL? by simonblack on Sunday December 19, 2021 @03:14AM (#29612306)
over the age of 50. Old as dust.

And a lot (most?) of us are already dust.

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