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> I did a few years in the salty COBOL mines In the mid-80s, my first year CS professor anticipated most us ending up "in the lead mines of COBOL programming"
by microtherion 7y ago
> I did a few years in the salty COBOL mines
In the mid-80s, my first year CS professor anticipated most us ending up "in the lead mines of COBOL programming" — it was commonly assumed that we'd never manage to get rid of the dominance of COBOL.
Are references to mining common in the COBOL scene?
- tylerrobinson 7y agoI can’t tell if you are joking, but “the salt mines” is a rather common bit of workplace humor, at least in the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_mining#Idiomatic_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_mining#Idiomatic_use
- microtherion 7y agoThanks! I genuinely was not aware of "salt mines" specifically, though I have come across mining references, and even made some myself, now that I think about it.