Cobol does seem like a nightmare though.
To me it seems... boring AF to learn, and i think the real challenges are not the language itself bu the environments it's deployed in.
Still on my to do list.
Well, depending on the size of the business, that may be a necessity or even a requirement.
Actually, the last time cryptocurrencies were mentioned in a thread i was reading here on lemmy someone pointed out that, due to government regulation changes, using cryptocurrencies on the dark web was the only way some people could get the drugs they needed.
I've had zero trouble with online banking. The only hiccups i may find is that some banking (android) apps may refuse to work unless you installed them via Play Store.
The UK Government didn’t create a free solution
You mean you must use their software to do taxes or what?
Back in my neck of the woods you either do them on paper (almost no one) or you submit online... They have well-defined APIs and you can use whatever you want (the IRS submission does use some java crap underneath but it's fluid and you can save your progress in an XML file).
Although for most people it's just a matter of logging in, checking that everything is in order, and clicking submit.
This isn't news and the title is dumb: there are COBOL programmers out there, but you gotta pay them.
And so what if the language is old? That's a dumb argument.
It would sure make for no-BS documents.
the country's inner workings are far behind other well established countries, with some government agencies still heavily relying on fax machines to carry on with daily work.
I once heard that was mainly because older people would rather fax hand-written script than use a computer for it, not sure.
The "C is bad trope" is getting way too old. I'm surprised the author didn't plug Rust.
the only programming language in the world where these vulnerabilities regularly happen
Maybe because it's one of the most widely used languages in the world...
So if i spin up a container to run just that browser for just that site i do nothing against XSS? Interesting.