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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You mean COBOL? Cause pretty much every bank out there still has shit built with it.

[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Banks have moved a considerable amount of code out of COBOL for maintainability.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's good to hear, last time I dealt with it was just a few years ago and major banks still had shit written in the language.

[–] MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

I meant Excel, but COBOL is another really good example