Reply to post: Should have used COBOL.

A Reg-reading techie, a high street bank, some iffy production code – and a financial crash

Teiwaz

Should have used COBOL.

ADD POSITION.EXPOSURE TO TOTAL_EXPOSURE GIVING TOTAL_EXPOSURE ?

Of course. COBOL is an almost perfect business language.

It's only sheer idiocy and masochism to move off it or use something else.

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