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Custom languages like that are one of the many reasons I said no to a job offer from Capita. Amongst other things I'd be working on the payroll system (somethin

Custom languages like that are one of the many reasons I said no to a job offer from Capita. Amongst other things I'd be working on the payroll system (something to do with it, I forgot since) with their custom language. Absolutely not transferable in any way and as you say probably tribal knowledge. Can't imagine how frustrating that sort of thing is...

hhas01 7y ago
Of all the reasons to say “no” to a job at Crapita (see Eyes passim), having to pick up a custom language sounds like the least of them. Though considering payroll’s one of the oldest and most solved problems in software development (Hi, LEO!) I do wonder what benefits a custom language could over current over off-the-shelf tools. Could be a legacy thing, in league with those old COBOL mainframe systems you hear about, lurking in shadows, waiting to teach all you kids nowadays a thing or two about walking fifteen miles in snow, uphill both ways… [cont p.94]