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COBOL legacy systems in finance and government are somewhat of a meme. However, I've never actually met a single person who's day job is to maintain one. I'd be curious to learn what systems are you working on?
1. PaulHoule ◴[] No.44604423[source]
I knew a guy who wrote a lot of 360 assembler back in the day, never a COBOL programmer.
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2. wglb ◴[] No.44605389[source]
I was a consultant at a very large insurance company in the 90s when the dictate came from the top “no more assembler”. There were a few groans from the audience of developers.