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Much as we denigrate COBOL, that is still its greatest advantage. Yes, it's wordy, yes it's old. Yes, it needs to be really updated. But it's still easier for a
by simonblack 4y ago
Much as we denigrate COBOL, that is still its greatest advantage. Yes, it's wordy, yes it's old. Yes, it needs to be really updated. But it's still easier for a new hire to understand the COBOL old code than any other old code.
- Ygg2 4y agoI've never had any problem digging into any Python codebase. Even magic stuff like `@attributes` is easily searchable.