β24667
Let me tell you some SNCA about COBOL that makes it really cool
It uses Fixed-Point Arithmetic instead of Floating-Point arithmetic
It calculates numbers exactly the way a human does (base 10), not how a computer CPU usually does (base 2) because it was made before CPUs existed
β24673
>>24667that sounds kinda inefficient but ok
β24674
>>24673Itβs efficient enough to carry like 70% of the global financial transaction system.
β24680
>>24674even though DA JOOOOOOOS who own finance can just buy more computers to brute force the inefficient code
β24681
>>24615 (OP)The only place it exists today is banking and even that's going away
β24713
>>24681They have been saying its going to be going away for decades now. I think that this time it might actually, because LLMs are uniquely well equipped for porting COBOL. Thats not why I am learning it though, truth be told. I don't want to work as a code monkey.