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		antioedipus on May 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s COBOL all the way down The only real advantage is that most people have no COBOL experience, but many have Java or C++ experience. And of course, it _isn't_ better for the business mentioned in the article, because they haven't done it yet.

AstralStorm on May 1, 2018 [–]

COBOL is easy enough to pick up for a seasoned Java developer in a week.

The banking processes and environment are not though.

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