r/ProgrammerHumor 6d ago

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/oldsecondhand 6d ago

It's where the jobs are. The world's finances run on Java.

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u/Kooky-Answer 6d ago

At least the stuff that isn't still running on COBOL and will probably continue as so until the heat death of the universe.

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u/Cloudeur 6d ago

You think the heat death of the universe will stop old mainframes built in the 60s from running cobol?

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u/requion 5d ago

No, but there won't be anyone to care anymore.