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It also appears in ways that you don’t expect. PeopleSoft is COBOL and they have like 25k+ customers. As we write, Oracle is trying to sell more COBOL into the

It also appears in ways that you don’t expect. PeopleSoft is COBOL and they have like 25k+ customers. As we write, Oracle is trying to sell more COBOL into the enterprise in 2023 :)

skissane 3y ago
> PeopleSoft is COBOL The majority of PeopleSoft isn't COBOL – it is written in PeopleCode, a language PeopleSoft invented themselves (like SAP's ABAP), and I believe some newer components use Java too. The COBOL is mainly used for batch processing and offline reporting in some of the older modules, such as Payroll. Many of the newer modules don't use any COBOL at all.
- NikolaNovak 3y ago
  Right. Front is people code. Batch and heavy processing may be application engine or sqr, or COBOL. PeopleSoft HCM is their biggest product I think, and a lot of core (or old, if you prefer :) processes are in COBOL. Still getting updated, still actively used to pay many many millions of people in North America.