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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months ago

The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore (COBOL History lesson)

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mesamunefire@lemmy.world to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 5 months ago
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(Or hardly anyone knows)Believe it or not, a 60-year-old programming language, COBOL, still powers major systems like banking and insurance. To be honest, it...
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    Like, 70% or more of the web runs on PHP. That’s also not going anywhere anytime soon.

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      Right. At least 70%. I’ve heard it estimated as high as 97%.

      And it’s losing popularity with new development, (and with new developers) while WordPress, Drupal and WikiMedia are everywhere.

      Perfect recipe to be the next Cobol.

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        Oh I see what you’re saying.

        Dang, maybe I should learn PHP…

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          I liked laravel. It’s very rails like.

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