grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:38:07
At least in eastern europe
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:38:48
Because there is infrastructure on it and no one wants to refactor it
capezotte 2022-08-07 17:38:48
i know it is, even the US’s IRS had to unfire some cobol wizards to ensure covid paychecks
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:38:54
Or it would explode
capezotte 2022-08-07 17:39:03
but that system was made in the 1960s and just kept being ported
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:39:15
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:38:48
Because there is infrastructure on it and no one wants to refactor it
It is also pretty efficient
capezotte 2022-08-07 17:39:15
it’s literally code older than my parents
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:39:38
Like all those FORTRAN optimized libs
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:41:23
People who know such languages must be warlocks who traded their soul for obscure mystical knowledge
capezotte 2022-08-07 17:41:58
MOVE 1 TO x
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:42:02
Like the ones still developing stuff in perl
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:42:59
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:42:02
Like the ones still developing stuff in perl
Perl is more alive than anything, it holds half of our backend
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:43:19
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:42:59
Perl is more alive than anything, it holds half of our backend
Yeah, sadly
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 17:43:55
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:43:19
Yeah, sadly
No, because I like it
qontinuum 2022-08-07 17:44:52
What a shame
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:05:58
capezotte 2022-08-07 17:38:48
i know it is, even the US’s IRS had to unfire some cobol wizards to ensure covid paychecks
cobol’s been used also here in banks
capezotte 2022-08-07 18:07:55
list of domain specific languages:
awk: text processing
sql: database querying
m4: text generation
cobol: banks
awk: text processing
sql: database querying
m4: text generation
cobol: banks
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:13:59
capezotte 2022-08-07 18:07:55
list of domain specific languages:
awk: text processing
sql: database querying
m4: text generation
cobol: banks
awk: text processing
sql: database querying
m4: text generation
cobol: banks
perl: glue, the preschooler kind
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:21:53
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:13:59
perl: glue, the preschooler kind
Mmmmmm glue
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:26:55
Lmao
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:27:37
How many TF2 memes do you have?
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:27:42
And do you actually play?
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:27:54
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:27:42
And do you actually play?
yes
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:27:58
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:27:37
How many TF2 memes do you have?
too many for my own good
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:28:05
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:27:54
yes
Which class you main?
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:28:22
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:28:05
Which class you main?
jerma scout mostly
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:28:26
I like going fast
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 18:28:28
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:28:05
Which class you main?
I’m the pyro
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 18:28:34
And sometimes demoman
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:28:35
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:28:22
jerma scout mostly
damn
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:28:36
but sometimes I go pyro
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:28:47
I wanna go pybro but I don’t have the home wrecker 🙁
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:29:05
grakata_clem 2022-08-07 18:28:34
And sometimes demoman
recently I’ve played some more as demo
JD [0/4💉] 2022-08-07 18:29:30
I have 160 hours as medic
Spektrum_light 2022-08-07 18:29:31
I mostly wanna meme with it, with loose cannon and tide turner, but I’m trying to connect pipes more