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“It didn’t used to be this way” because of the internet. Not because the way COBOL programs were developed were inherently superior. Once these cobol powered
by tarr11 7y ago
“It didn’t used to be this way” because of the internet. Not because the way COBOL programs were developed were inherently superior.
Once these cobol powered servers were accessible to hacking, “not changing anything” no longer worked.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3181809/cobol-plays-major-role-in-us-government-breaches.amp.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3181809/cobol-plays-ma...
- tyingq 7y agoI get your point, but it feels like things have swung too far in the opposite direction. Compared to other engineering (chemical, civil, industrial, etc), we do a lot of change for little good reason. There's too many ways to solve the same problem, which kills "best practice".