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Re:Kotlin Money by millerm on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:40AM (#41777259)
"no mainstream language..." COBOL is has not been a mainstream language for many decades now.
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Re:Kotlin Money by wiether on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:42AM (#41777285)
It's still quite mainstream in domains where they manipulate a lot of money : banking/insurance.

The core systems of many old institutions still relies heavily on COBOL.

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Re:Kotlin Money by eriksencosta on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:57AM (#41777441)
I think I will add a footnote on COBOL. COBOL is huge in Brazil, lot of insurance/financial companies are still using mainframes.
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Re:Kotlin Money by throw16180339 on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @02:09PM (#41780106)
There are billions of lines of COBOL in production. It's not going away any time soon.
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