State of New Jersey needs COBOL programmers

On Sat, 4 Apr 2020, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: VERY TRUE. New Jersey is and was far from unique. They are like every other similar installation. We never fix things until we get desperate. What percentage of managers INTEND to update their legacy code base? In 1970, in my absolutely bottom of the totem pole job at Goddard Space Flight Center, I questioned the use of 2 decimal digits for the year. (FORTRAN) I was told, "don't be ridiculous. All of this will be redone long before that, and WE won't be here to be held responsible". That was also when I learned to write comments before writing code, since they damn sure wouldn't tolerate taking time to add comments after the program seemed to work. The entire industry was "taken by surprise" when it came time to deal with Y2K. Not just the computer industry. I re-ordered check blanks from my bank in late 1998. They came with "19______" preprinted for date. -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com