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COBOL

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US banks rely on a 65-year-old programming language; companies are paying a premium for developers who know it (m.economictimes.com)
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[โ€“] bitcrafter@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Also, all hardware components are hot-swappable.

[โ€“] SUDO@reddthat.com 3 points 5 days ago

They have a lot of built in redundancy.