Millions of "dead" Social Security recipients actually caused by a COBOL coding quirk
Between 220 billion and 800 billion lines of COBOL code are still in use
Project shows you can run a Minecraft server on the 60-year-old COBOL language
The number of COBOL programmers is dwindling, but new developers can still learn it
Decades-old programming languages Fortran and Cobol are still thriving
Old Glories: Fortran and Cobol are still among the world's most popular programming languages despite being almost 70 years old. They're certainly overachieving, but for entirely different reasons, and neither seem unwilling to go out of fashion as new technological advancements like AI keep old skills relevant.
Face it, there is nothing that can replace COBOL
And don't hang your hope on generative AI, at least not yet
IBM assures AI-powered Cobol translator in Watsonx will not replace developers
A productivity enhancer, not a replacement for developers
IBM launches AI-powered Watsonx for translating COBOL programs into Java code
Bringing mainframe computing into the cloud era
With US states desperate for COBOL programmers, IBM is offering free training
Many unemployment systems use the 60-year-old language