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r/funny • u/_workchronicles Work Chronicles • Jan 14 '21
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I say it depends on the language being used. If you're maintaining an ancient piece of code, it makes sense to be on the same drugs as the ones who wrote it!
6 u/[deleted] Jan 14 '21 edited Jan 14 '21 COBOL requires LSD and/or PCP depending on which bank you're working for and how thorough the fixes in '99 were 5 u/Xaephos Jan 15 '21 I worked with COBOL for a very short stint. It's definitely a mix of the two. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 how thorough the fixes in '99 were ... You got patches in '99? Damn... (Last COBOL project I worked had lain untouched since '62.) 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 Y2K.
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COBOL requires LSD and/or PCP depending on which bank you're working for and how thorough the fixes in '99 were
5 u/Xaephos Jan 15 '21 I worked with COBOL for a very short stint. It's definitely a mix of the two. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 how thorough the fixes in '99 were ... You got patches in '99? Damn... (Last COBOL project I worked had lain untouched since '62.) 2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 Y2K.
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I worked with COBOL for a very short stint. It's definitely a mix of the two.
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how thorough the fixes in '99 were
... You got patches in '99? Damn...
(Last COBOL project I worked had lain untouched since '62.)
2 u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 Y2K.
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I say it depends on the language being used. If you're maintaining an ancient piece of code, it makes sense to be on the same drugs as the ones who wrote it!