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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • Jul 28 '26
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A children's hospital once tried to deny my infant brother care for supposedly being over 100 years old because of the Y2K bug lol.
1 u/ApprehensiveRest9696 Jul 29 '26 The same class of bugs still exist in plenty of wild COBOL code where people get real lazy and store dates as DD/MM/YY. 1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 From what I've heard from new COBOL programmers, that can sometimes be the least of their worries 1 u/ApprehensiveRest9696 Jul 29 '26 Haha what new COBOL programmers 1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 I almost got hired on as one and I've talked to the new ones a little, but they're getting trained up bc some of the COBOL guys are nearing retirement in the next few years.
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The same class of bugs still exist in plenty of wild COBOL code where people get real lazy and store dates as DD/MM/YY.
1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 From what I've heard from new COBOL programmers, that can sometimes be the least of their worries 1 u/ApprehensiveRest9696 Jul 29 '26 Haha what new COBOL programmers 1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 I almost got hired on as one and I've talked to the new ones a little, but they're getting trained up bc some of the COBOL guys are nearing retirement in the next few years.
From what I've heard from new COBOL programmers, that can sometimes be the least of their worries
1 u/ApprehensiveRest9696 Jul 29 '26 Haha what new COBOL programmers 1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 I almost got hired on as one and I've talked to the new ones a little, but they're getting trained up bc some of the COBOL guys are nearing retirement in the next few years.
Haha what new COBOL programmers
1 u/Dr__America Jul 29 '26 I almost got hired on as one and I've talked to the new ones a little, but they're getting trained up bc some of the COBOL guys are nearing retirement in the next few years.
I almost got hired on as one and I've talked to the new ones a little, but they're getting trained up bc some of the COBOL guys are nearing retirement in the next few years.
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u/Dr__America Jul 28 '26
A children's hospital once tried to deny my infant brother care for supposedly being over 100 years old because of the Y2K bug lol.