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COBOL's Revenge: When Programs Outlive the Programmers
A generation of COBOL developers is retiring, leaving behind legacy systems that no one understands. These programs are so intertwined with modern business operations that someone is going to have to get familiarfast. This article offers a few hints on how to go about it.
by Robert Evelyn
July 16, 2002
emember the movie, 'Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?' This B-film was released in the late 70's and its plot parallels the current trend in IT today. No, I'm not suggesting a sequel ('Who is Killing the Great COBOL Programmers of America?'). What I'm driving at is that while COBOL programmers aren't exactly a dying breed, they are at least a rapidly retiring one. Who's going to take care of the legacy systems they leave behind? And should we care?
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