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dhdhdfjffjj t1_irr7yy5 wrote

Reply to comment by k1lk1 in The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive by DrinkMoreCodeMore

Ye people should be terrified at the age of banking software, shit software devs at banks are terrified of that software. Most have no idea how the whole thing works either lol

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Italophobia t1_irtr6fm wrote

That's because it's legacy code with no documentation, notes, or guidance on outdated versions of an older programming language that isn't taught that much anymore.

So much of our banking industry is held up on stilts.

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vasjpan02 t1_itbrbe3 wrote

dunno about now but 20ya 80% of banks still ran on ibm mvs cobol

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dhdhdfjffjj t1_itguo3h wrote

Yep, and cobol devs make bank cuz there’s so few of them

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