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COBOL in 60s was written with a lot more focus on lasting in general

This is the same code that uses two-digit years and doesn't support lowercase letters?

[cwbriscoe]

COBOL ONLY USES 2 CHARACTER YEARS IF THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS CODED. PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THEIR 60'S - 90'S CODE WOULD STILL BE RUNNING IN 2000. COBOL DOES SUPPORT lowercase LETTERS. GET WITH THE TIMES!

[trealira]

> PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK THEIR 60'S - 90'S CODE WOULD STILL BE RUNNING IN 2000.

That serves as evidence against this point, though:

> COBOL in 60s was written with a lot more focus on lasting in general.

[cwbriscoe]

Yeah, that point is wrong in my opinion. I don't think programmers back then tried to build things to last any more than programmers today do.