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COBOL

Legacy language for financial and government systems

Typing: static Created: 1959
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Paradigms

procedural

Pros and Cons

Ventajas

  • + Processes 95% of ATM transactions
  • + Extremely stable
  • + Self-documenting by design
  • + Demand for legacy maintenance

Desventajas

  • - Extremely verbose syntax
  • - Very few new developers
  • - Difficult to modernize
  • - Dated tooling

Casos de Uso

  • Core banking systems
  • Government applications
  • Payroll processing
  • Insurance systems

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