should we also keep using COBOL such that those poor COBOL programmers aren't ending up unemployed? I know this is a contrived illustration ... but you get my

should we also keep using COBOL such that those poor COBOL programmers aren't ending up unemployed? I know this is a contrived illustration ... but you get my point. it's good if bad bad bad infrastructure is teared down mercilessly. especially if the worst case consequences are first world problems. you're not going to die or starve. i work in ad industry and it's utterly mesmerising how zombiesque many people do their job ... best thing that could happen to poor schmucks making money by configuring ad network setups is to lose their job and be forced to think about the life and if there is maybe something more worthwhile.