Happy Halloween from your friends on the COBOL maintenance team!
Since there's no ALT text: The image shows a room with dinosaurs seated at desks, busily operating modern-looking computer equipment.
🤔 Rubbish IT systems cost the US at least $40bn during Covid: study / FT
｢ The big argument in favour of sticking with Cobol systems is that they work. The catch is that, whenever they stop working, it is difficult to figure out why. That’s not good in a crisis, which is exactly when they’re most likely to break ｣
https://www.ft.com/content/7610a755-27e3-4792-a337-27d9b301000b
webbol: A minimal static web server written in COBOL using GnuCOBOL.
Roland
boosted
Faut-il se débarrasser des systèmes #COBOL ?
https://next.ink/192466/faut-il-se-debarrasser-des-systemes-cobol/
Super article de fond sur ce langage, son utilisation et la pertinence qu'il soit encore utilisé dans de grandes organisations.
Faut-il se débarrasser des systèmes #COBOL ?
https://next.ink/192466/faut-il-se-debarrasser-des-systemes-cobol/
Super article de fond sur ce langage, son utilisation et la pertinence qu'il soit encore utilisé dans de grandes organisations.
Most of the programming languages I want to use in diagrams have got flashy logo designs to use for icons.
Some do not, and I must create those.
In doing so, one wants to convey the right vibe for the language. Have I got it, do you think..?
