Nostr Web Client

Today I learned:

The IRS and Social security administration in the US still runs on COBOL, a programming language mostly abandoned since the late 70s.

COBOL is no longer taught in any substantial way at any college or university institutions.

The nerds that are maintaining these systems are geriatrics.

This is fine 😬

Phil 1y ago

Have you heard about the “automated” clearing house that isn’t automated at all 😂 https://www.npr.org/transcripts/229224964

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The Daniel ⚡️ 1y ago

Banks used to have people transporting crates of paper checks to physically exchange them with other banks so the funds could be settled between them once a week. That’s the origin of the term “clearing house.”