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Yeah, but then you are working on the oldest frankencode ever. It may be living, but it isn't intelligent or sensible.
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owithg21688yDid you read my mind?!?! I literally thought about trying to learn it from the same conclusion this morning!
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curlyDev4698yI think watching paint dry is actually less of a risk going insane than working with Cobol.
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v0gel1428y@iam13islucky And in addition to the old frankencode you have to deal with the new frankencode that you write. Because it is nearly impossible to write maintainable code in COBOL.
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[0] http://tmsnrt.rs/2nMf18G
[1] http://reuters.com/article/...
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