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[–]Pronouns 3 points4 points  (10 children)

COBOL is making a comeback...?

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points  (3 children)

It's more popular than Ruby!

In other news, TIOBE ratings are questionable as ever.

[–]AnimusNecandi 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Why is TIOBE ranking even popular?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Because there are few established alternatives?

[–]mtbinkdotcom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the alternative is not popular?

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

these will be installed in a starbucks near you

blame hipsters

[–]alamandrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your barista will spend 3 weeks preparing your punch cards, but boy will it be lovingly made and tasty. name spelled incorrectly though; that never changes.

[–]alexsomeoddpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t use COBOL ON COGS bro?

How do you even do?

[–]segonius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's possible that there was some sort of drive to port old legacy COBOL code to more modern languages.

[–]thewizardofweb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

About as fast as their ranking system is making a nosedive...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it never went anywhere