Archived HTML/CSS/js/COBOL willing to answer questions of a technical programming nature. (ProgrammingHelp)
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Archived HTML/CSS/js/COBOL willing to answer questions of a technical programming nature. (ProgrammingHelp)
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[–] LurkingLurker_ 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Question: How often is COBOL used anymore?
[–] dogmatic [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
In my experience, COBOL is used by banks, financial institutions, governments, insurance companies and institutions. Their computer systems were developed in the '60s and still work fine today. Hardware updates don't break the old code. Migrating to a different software platform would involve recoding 50 years of software development, hence many organizations don't update.
In my (atypical) case, the COBOL forms the server-side language of web applications; new development is taking place today, and for the foreseeable future.