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Matthew Garrett
mjg59
Yeah if only all that awful COBOL code had been rewritten in a nice modern language like ADA we wouldn't have these problems Rewriting code that's fit for purpose would
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Hillel
hillelogram
HISTORIAN RAAAAAAAGEHate to defend C here, but there's a lot of nuance to this discussion! C and COBOL were both products of their context, and "why COBOL" is a complex
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Morgan · 🦊🔛☁️
indrora
In these weird times, I have actually considered learning COBOL. It feels like a legacy sort of language because there are certain things that we've come accustomed to that aren't
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Maria Chong
mariachong
The New Jersey governor’s press conference today was really good. Clear, articulate, compassionate, firm, informational. I KID YOU NOT that Governor Phil Murphy put out a call for COBOL programmers.
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Nic Weber
nniiicc
Hot takes about Cobol are overlooking the fact that this is sustainable software - sure, there is a developer shortage when systems require rapid changes, and scaling is challenging with
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Michael L. Davenport
valacosa
COBOL is trending, so people are asking "Why are we still using software from the '60s? Can't we rebuild those systems with modern tech?"As a support tech, here's my answer:
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Thijs Niks
ThijsNiks
We are making fun of these unemployment insurance systems written in Cobol, but what would you pick? These existing unemployment insurance systems are running on mainframes. Where would you run
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woolie
woolie
C was created by legendary male hackers and 40+ years later it is still impossible to write safe C code. COBOL was created by women who were pioneers in computer
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Jason Kachkowski
JasonKach
Huge shoutout to Service Canada's IT department and everyone who came together to stand up the back end for CERB in record time. Really impressive to hear 2.24 million claims
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Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
blelbach
The latest revision of @INCITS/@isostandards COBOL comes out this yearThe goals of COBOL sound normal today:- Portable- Freely available- Designed by the communityIn 1959 it was radical & unprecedentedIt was
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de.eps
deepduh
(1 of 2) Lots of younger programmers have had to learn COBOL to handle the legacy mainframes that are used in banking, government, and other sectors. And these systems never
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arclight
arclight
Still plowing through this 2002 COBOL text I picked up from HPB for $3 in a fit of questionable judgment. It's interesting, in a WWI tank sort of way. First,
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Alasdair Allan
aallan
All those younger programmers advocating “throwing that COBOL in the garbage and rewrite it from scratch,” don’t understand legacy systems. You should (almost) never rewrite from scratch, and (almost) never
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Nirant
NirantK
1/ Here's some quick Things Many People Find Too Obvious To Have Told You Already about Tech Careers (tribute thread to @patio11, with riffs on ideas from him too!) 2/
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𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗺
chrisbriem
No.. Pennsylvania is not leading the way in unemployment compensation claims because things are worse here as is the common presumption in the media, but because the state has made
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(((Thrill Science))) ✡️
ThrillScience
I received an email from John Graham-Cumming telling me my code was in the original Terminator movie. And it's true!Here's the still from the movie: and here's the article from
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