The oldest running code: Is the 1958 United States Department of Defense MOCAS—a vendor tracking and inventory system. Trillions of dollars have passed through MOCAS. Currently managing ~$1.3 trillion in obligations and 340,000 contracts. Written In COBOL... Still it runs.https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1137782198436655104 …
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Why we can't replace COBOL yet ?
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Saad, there are many reasons. Many seem very non-logical. However like all growth, we build upon existing knowledge and infrastructure. COBOL does what it does and has almost no outside hacking. There is comfort in just the safety.
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Sudarshan, thanks for asking! There are many free courses, when I get to my library I will pass along. If you can take legacy code and keep it working effectively you have a job for quite sometime, no matter where you live.
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