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by 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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The times, they are a-changing. COBOL has its own agile framework:

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

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

What do you mean by maintenance, if not that?