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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago

The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson)

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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Right. At least 70%. I’ve heard it estimated as high as 97%.

    And it’s losing popularity with new development, (and with new developers) while WordPress, Drupal and WikiMedia are everywhere.

    Perfect recipe to be the next Cobol.

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      Oh I see what you’re saying.

      Dang, maybe I should learn PHP…

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        I liked laravel. It’s very rails like.

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