Gregory's Server@LizardSF @hu_logic @dyslexxicon @rodhilton ...plaintext, length-delimited files in a mix of IBM-specific encodings, some of which presuming the existence of decimal fixed point hardware? Because I seem to be having flashbacks to my time in the wonderful world of finance
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 @ericsfraga @eseilt @hu_logic @dyslexxicon @rodhilton That, at least, is before my time. :) But just. @LizardSF @ericsfraga @eseilt @hu_logic @dyslexxicon @rodhilton I’m planning a “training day” in the new year in which the Swift and Kotlin devs are going to learn some COBOL. Such that we might be able to understand what’s really going on at our bank. @sam @LizardSF @ericsfraga @eseilt @dyslexxicon @rodhilton I am ... so sorry... @sam @LizardSF @eseilt @hu_logic @dyslexxicon @rodhilton Ah, COBOL. Still with us but mostly invisible. https://fosstodon.org/@amoroso/109552603108209911 |
@eseilt @LizardSF @hu_logic @dyslexxicon @rodhilton EBCDIC anybody? Those were the days. 😀