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by roschdal 151 days ago
No humans understand COBOL, no AI understand COBOL.
3 comments
Ygg2 151 days ago
Damn, then Rust is safe from AI :D

No one understands it either.

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ndr 151 days ago
Does anyone understand anything?
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qubex 151 days ago
Never met this ‘anyone’ person or seen any of this ‘anything’ stuff.
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pixl97 151 days ago
I've seen songs on spottily called "anything" and "Just play anything", so I guess it may be worthwhile if I change my name to "anyone" for when someone asks their LLM to "just hire anyone"
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qubex 151 days ago
Appreciated.
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iberator 151 days ago
Total BS. Cobol is well documented and actively developed. I bet you didn't even TRY to write single program for it... Stop spreading FUD
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kjs3 150 days ago
Sarcasm is difficult to grasp on the internet, but some people apparently have more visceral reactions to their misunderstanding than others.
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