• kiagam@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    it matters because it is a language that few people learn, so the available talent is scarce, increasing the chance something bad happens. Keeping up with an evolving society is essential for the longevity of a service

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      9 months ago

      the available talent is scarce

      I have a friend who is going to take over maintenance for a smaller regional banking system in a few years. It’s mostly COBOL and the systems themselves have not been updated in like 25-30 years. He has been apprenticing under his mother who has been in charge of maintaining the infrastructure there since the late '80s.

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      9 months ago

      Time 2 years top, there will be an AI that converts perfectly COBOL into JavaScript.