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Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?

234 points _false | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 13:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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actionfromafar ◴[18 Jul 25 13:27 UTC] No.44604424[source]▶
Maybe the COBOL devs aren’t here.
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nine_k ◴[18 Jul 25 13:37 UTC] No.44604515[source]▶
HN is a place where everyone is, so it's reasonable to assume that some Cobol devs may also lurk here.
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1. compiler-guy ◴[18 Jul 25 16:14 UTC] No.44606440[source]▶
Shout out to all the MUMPS programmers out there reading HN. May your code always be healthy.
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2. p_l ◴[19 Jul 25 07:06 UTC] No.44613249[source]▶
There's more MUMPS programming going around than many people believe, especially in financials...

Including new development.