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by thih9 3 days ago
Cherry picked usage stats are off topic. The fact that 90% of Fortune 500 companies rely on COBOL[1] doesn’t make other languages a niche.

[1]: https://www.rocketsoftware.com/en-us/insights/what-is-cobol
1 comments
leptons 2 days ago
>The fact that 90% of Fortune 500 companies rely on COBOL[1] doesn’t make other languages a niche.

Well that's some cherry picking. And really off-topic, because nobody here mentioned COBOL.

If someone were shitting on COBOL here, it would be right to point out that COBOL is still getting the job done at 90% of fortune 500 companies.

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