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1. As someone who did a lot of COBOL programming...
Sat Feb 14, 2026, 09:28 PM
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...the issue was not in learning the language, it was writing, efficient, elegant programs that could be easily maintained and there weren't a lot of developers who could do that well. There were people in 2005 programming COBOL as if it was still 1985, totally unaware of the functions and improved capabilities of the language. So far, I'm seen that AI can do software just as shabbily as a mediocre developer, especially in a language like COBOL. What going to happen with object-oriented development is scary. I have a feeling while there may be fewer developers, there's always going to be a place for exceptional developers, and probably even more so after a couple of years of AI being seen as the better solution.

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