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True Spaghetti code (lemmy.world)

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 8 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.