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
>