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Ms. Toad

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23. Sounds considerably less stressful than my current job.

Reply to Lulu KC (Original post)

Wed Apr 8, 2020, 07:38 PM

Apr 2020

Back to the future!!!

Fortran, Pascal, Basic, anyone? Got those skills, too!

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Know COBOL? Work available now! [View all] Lulu KC Apr 2020 OP

Jeez, I may have to come out of retirement, although I would have to brush up on my coding skills. alwaysinasnit Apr 2020 #1

Me too! But only for a hefty salary. sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #18

Grab them while they last: dalton99a Apr 2020 #2

I started with COBOL in High School junior year...... USALiberal Apr 2020 #3

It's still the backbone language of many brokerage houses. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #38

Now there's a blast from the past! AirmensMom Apr 2020 #4

I took it in college too Ex Lurker Apr 2020 #10

I had FORTRAN, Pascal, basic and assembly languages in college. madinmaryland Apr 2020 #13

FORTRAN and Basic for me in college XRubicon Apr 2020 #34

I used it when modeling fractionation columns in college. Blue_true Apr 2020 #17

And (at least when I started programming) it was a 24-hour turn-around before you could run it again Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #25

I had it in college in the 70's MurrayDelph Apr 2020 #20

Heck, I think some government agencies still operate on floppy discs Hoyt Apr 2020 #5

Up until last year, nuclear launch instructions from the President lastlib Apr 2020 #33

OMG 😱 tosh Apr 2020 #6

In my early college years I had Cobol along with Fortran and C. I had a CentralMass Apr 2020 #21

Lol! tosh Apr 2020 #22

They would have to supply special "carpal tunnel... ret5hd Apr 2020 #7

I used to program in COBOL Leith Apr 2020 #8

Yup. This need does not surprise me at all. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #24

It's been decades. CentralMass Apr 2020 #9

ME, ME! Skittles Apr 2020 #11

I took COBOL at technical school in the early 80's. raccoon Apr 2020 #12

COBOL and RPG here! :-) USALiberal Apr 2020 #27

I used to teach it in college lapfog_1 Apr 2020 #14

Heh. Old systems run on old programs. Sometimes old programmers get to come out of retirement. nt Hekate Apr 2020 #15

Grace Hopper is smiling from heaven! Ziggysmom Apr 2020 #16

I hated it when I learned it in 1977... still hate it. tinrobot Apr 2020 #19

On the plus side Leith Apr 2020 #28

We called it the secretary's language. The_jackalope Apr 2020 #31

Sounds considerably less stressful than my current job. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #23

Yep..... USALiberal Apr 2020 #26

I was in early College, but likely similar era Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #29

I LOVED my C64, first computer was a IBM 1620 in HS. nt USALiberal Apr 2020 #30

Me too. I had a VIC-20 before it. Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #35

Amazing what we have seen in 40 years.... USALiberal Apr 2020 #37

I'm not a fan of magic - Ms. Toad Apr 2020 #39

I hate to think of the costly failure mess the new upgrades will produce. NBachers Apr 2020 #32

Yep, it works because it's easy to maintain, efficient and won't have imbedded malware. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #36