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Don't laugh. Consist Software in Germany is training new people on COBOL because they still have a solid demand for maintenance. Those billions of lines ain't
by Vivtek 16y ago
Don't laugh. Consist Software in Germany is training new people on COBOL because they still have a solid demand for maintenance. Those billions of lines ain't going away any time before the last trump sounds.
- jbarham 16y agoI've been there: my first job out of university in 1996 was re-writing a COBOL program that was originally written in 1972, and I'd bet it hasn't changed much since then. 24 four years between re-writes sounds about right on the COBOL timescale.