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by dasil003 5499 days ago
PHP, Java, Cobol? It's all relative I suppose.
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endtime 5499 days ago
You're recommending COBOL as more maintainable than Rails? I don't know Rails, but I find this very hard to believe.
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raganwald 5499 days ago
The times, they are a-changing. COBOL has its own agile framework:

http://www.coboloncogs.org/INDEX.HTM

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dasil003 5499 days ago
Where did I say maintainable? This is about stability over time.
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endtime 5499 days ago
>creaky and painful to upgrade—or even to find someone else to work on

What do you mean by maintenance, if not that?

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