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Feds: Critical Software Must Drop C/C++ by 2026 or Face Risk (thenewstack.io)
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[–] 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)

... Are the Feds aware that the core systems that many, many older companies (and government agencies) use are still based on COBOL?

Is... is that not of any concern?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    The problem I am aware of is moreso that the number of programmers that know COBOL is vanishingly small, it ... COBOL does not seem to really be taught anymore...

    ...so if something goes wrong at that level, you may be SOL if you cannot find an increasingly rare programmer that knows COBOL well.

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