From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 23:58:53 -0400 Subject: [WSFA] Re: COBOL ... it lives! To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net> Hey, I'm not who you should be talking to ! Hey, NSA ... need some COBOL help? There, maybe you'll get a call from a blocked number ... or a late night visit ... mjw On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 10:24 PM, <bnewton at ashcomp.com> wrote: > I'm available to work *from home* for $100/hour. > > Just sayin'. > > On 2017-05-14 18:24, Michael Walsh wrote: > >> "Think COBOL is dead? About 95 percent of ATM swipes use COBOL code, >> Reuters reported in April, and the 58-year-old language even powers 80 >> percent of in-person transactions. In fact, Reuters calculates that >> there=E2=80=99s still 220 billion lines of COBOL code currently being used = >> in >> production today, and that every day, COBOL systems handle $3 trillion >> in commerce. " >> >> https://thenewstack.io/cobol-everywhere-will-maintain/ >> >> I'll let the expects natter on about this. >> >> mjw >