@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 7 months agoNot mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alivelemmy.worldmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1830
arrow-up1787imageNot mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alivelemmy.world@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 7 months agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•7 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilink7•7 months 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.
Grace Fucking Hopper![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a8718282-7635-4b48-bc8a-3be6c744882c.png)
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.