Given the engineer's amendment to "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is usually "If it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.", I can only surmise that COBOL must be one of those languages that are so terrible that they deter their programmers from wanting to do that.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 10 points 11 hours ago

I once had to modify some COBOL code. It's a highly organized language, not terrible. But because it's old there's a shortage of people now who are good at it or want to learn it. You pretty much have to decide your career is going to be working on old code.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

I loathe that line

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

If it ain’t broke… maintain it.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

+1 - the word "loathe" doesn't get used often enough. The only time I remember hearing it in a movie was in Sixteen Candles.