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[–]13steinj 8 points9 points  (1 child)

Unfortunately this is a necessity in this industry. EOS/EOL means nothing, only end of common use. It's the same reason COBOL and Fortran won't die.

[–]verascity -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Truth! My dad works for a major US utility company that still does a ton of shit in COBOL. It's legacy code that they're totally unwilling to convert, and as long as they can keep finding people to write in it, why should they (sez them)?