An Apology to COBOL: Maybe Old Technology Isn't the Real Problem
An Apology to COBOL: Maybe Old Technology Isn’t the Real Problem COBOL is a 50-year-old programming language that some say government should get away from. But it could still have a place in modern IT organizations. Shutterstock.com In April 2020, New Jersey’s governor, Phil Murphy, stepped up to a microphone and told journalists that he was amazed the state still ran its unemployment system on COBOL — a 60-year-old programming language. The state was having trouble keeping up with the massive surge of unemployment insurance applications coming in amid pandemic lockdowns,...