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		ithkuil on Oct 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: COBOL has been “dead” for so long, my grandpa wrot... When you hear about people being paid $X vs 10x$X to fix some cobol; is there a correlation between the age of the cobol system?

HeyLaughingBoy on Oct 1, 2024 [–]

Probably not; just a matter of how desperate they are.

ithkuil on Oct 2, 2024 | [–]

Which is also a function of how hard it is to find someone who has the required skills to address the problem

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