If COBOL is so problematic, why does the US government still use it?
If you've gotten cash from an ATM, you've interacted with a COBOL-based system. Here's why this old programming language will probably outlive us all.
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COBOL in 100 seconds
COBOL is the hottest programming language of 2020. Learn how it powers the world's mainframe computers in 100 seconds.
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GCC 15 is close: COBOL and Itanium are in, but ALGOL is out
Steering Committee decides against merge of over-complex and largely unloved ALGOL-68 'at this point' Version 15 of the GNU ...
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Social Security's COBOL Software Comes Under Scrutiny
The SSA currently uses COBOL, which is 60-year-old programming language still widely employed in government databases. According to reports from Wired, one reason for the supposed 150-year-old ...
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Millions of "dead" Social Security recipients actually caused by a COBOL coding quirk
The real culprit, though, is a programming language that has been the backbone of the Social Security Administration for decades. Developed in the 1950s, COBOL powers critical functions within the ...