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[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 26 points 9 months ago

Cobol is the B-52 of programming languages. Sure there are fancy and expensive new ones or there, but it'll probably outlast them all.

[-] hglman@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

That's a pretty good analogy, but it's Fortran and B-52. Fortran is very good at what it does to this day. Cobol was never good.

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Grace Fucking Hopper

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

So move fast and break things, 60s edition.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 9 months ago

Cobol is a Hornet. Still used for production in first-world countries, but basically just because of shitty, slow-moving institutions.

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