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The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson) (www.youtube.com)
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[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"Java/Cobol is dead like Latin"

I love that. I'm going to steal it.

Edit: And I acknowledge that when I say that about Java, I'm just trying to wind people up. Java is losing popularity fast, but is still a pretty common first language.