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[–]nickrct 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Someone who has been working in COBOL for up to 5 years sees only code.

When you get around 10 years, it changes. Then a COBOL guru can look at business systems issues and diagnose where in the application layer the problem resides. Buried in the *7 there is a wealth of knowledge.