this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Go lookup COBOL. That's the real crab in this meme.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 21 points 1 year ago

Sorry bro but the real crab is always the compilers

[–] RippleEffect@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Work in industry, can confirm.

[–] GitProphet@lemmy.sdfeu.org 7 points 1 year ago

Thank you for your service

[–] flat@reddthat.com 8 points 1 year ago

my dad recently learned cobol at his work, he says almost all developers are above 50. really old language haha

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 7 points 1 year ago

RPG too

To find experienced RPG devs you basically need to recruit in retirement homes

But these ancient IBM systems are still used very widely - for example as the financial backend of huge banks.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You misspelled FoxPro