So, should I learn COBOL?

John Leonard
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Becoming a COBOL expert could give you a well paid job for life, but is it a job you'd want?

Reliable, uncomplaining types who get quietly on with the job rarely find themselves at the centre of attention. So it is with COBOL, which has been running data intensive big business systems in b...

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