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In reply to the discussion: Know COBOL? Work available now! [View all]XRubicon
(2,212 posts)34. FORTRAN and Basic for me in college
I had to write/format a flat data file for a COBOL program running in UNIX to read one time so I needed to understand the code (at old job).
FORTRAN and Basic assignments were an easy A for me.
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Jeez, I may have to come out of retirement, although I would have to brush up on my coding skills.
alwaysinasnit
Apr 2020
#1
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
Heh. Old systems run on old programs. Sometimes old programmers get to come out of retirement. nt
Hekate
Apr 2020
#15
Yep, it works because it's easy to maintain, efficient and won't have imbedded malware.
TheBlackAdder
Apr 2020
#36