[conspire] Java isn't even Cobol 2.0

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

I've had a joke I've told for years, and…I was in error.

"Java is COBOL 2.0."

The catch is, Java hasn't replaced Cobol in a lot of industries *because it can't*.

> One of the fun side effects of my summer learning COBOL is that I’m beginning to understand that it’s not that Java can’t do math correctly, it’s how Java does math correctly. And when you understand how Java does math and how COBOL does the same math, you begin to understand why it’s so difficult for many industries to move away from their legacy.

https://medium.com/the-technical-archaeologist/is-cobol-holding-you-hostage-with-math-5498c0eb428b

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  Deirdre Saoirse Moen
  deirdre at deirdre.net