@Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 2 years agoNot mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alivelemmy.worldimagemessage-square149fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down145
arrow-up1795arrow-down1imageNot mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alivelemmy.world@Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev • 2 years agomessage-square149fedilink
minus-square@hglman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink23•2 years agoThat’s a pretty good analogy, but it’s Fortran and B-52. Fortran is very good at what it does to this day. Cobol was never good.
minus-square@pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•2 years agoSo move fast and break things, 60s edition.
minus-square@CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilink7•2 years agoCobol is a Hornet. Still used for production in first-world countries, but basically just because of shitty, slow-moving institutions.
That’s a pretty good analogy, but it’s Fortran and B-52. Fortran is very good at what it does to this day. Cobol was never good.
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So move fast and break things, 60s edition.
Cobol is a Hornet. Still used for production in first-world countries, but basically just because of shitty, slow-moving institutions.