Have you ever wanted to just cut and paste some of that legacy COBOL code from mainframe applications into your latest Web application? No? Well, Romanian Web developer Bizău Ionică has developed a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andrew Leahey is an attorney and law professor that covers tax. AUSTIN, TX - JUNE 10: A computer running COBOL 73, an antiquated ...

There are hundreds of billions of lines of COBOL code running on production systems worldwide. That’s not ideal for a language over 60 years old and whose primary architects are mostly retired or dead ...

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 ...

Cobol still forms the backbone of many crucial financial and administrative systems, with high usage in The Netherlands due to its early and adept automation of the economy. Cobol was, and remains, ...

TL;DR: Rumors have been circulating about millions of deceased individuals allegedly receiving Social Security checks. However, this sensational claim is far from the truth. The real story is a ...