234 points _false | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source

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?

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42lux ◴[18 Jul 25 13:31 UTC] No.44604467[source]▶

>>44604257 (OP) #

Bank.

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a3w ◴[18 Jul 25 13:40 UTC] No.44604541[source]▶

>>44604467 #

Can LLMs do Cobol?

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1. bbarnett ◴[18 Jul 25 14:00 UTC] No.44604728[source]▶

>>44604541 #

Yes! But only if they write the compiler too.

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