Some states have called on programmers who know the programming language COBOL to help their computers process unemployment claims in the wake of COVID-19.

Specifically, a half-century old programming language, COBOL (which stands for Common Business-Oriented Language), can’t handle the demand.

Brylow said completely switching an existing system from COBOL to another programming language is far from a perfect solution.

The share of searches per million for the programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed grew 707% during the coronavirus crisis. While job seekers are interested in the language — largely ...

A new deal is available for 96% off the Enterprise COBOL Programming Bundle. This 2 course bundle contains 14 hours of instruction on how to program in Cobol for the enterprise. As shown by recent ...

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Developed in 1959, the programming language ' COBOL ' has been widely used for business processing such as monetary calculations because it uses a command syntax that is close to that of a natural ...

Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely used on mainframe computers like the systems that process the state’s unemployment ...

Top programming languages: Python still rules but old Cobol gets a pandemic bump Python programming language is once again the most popular choice, according to IEEE Spectrum.