• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Because of ancient COBOL code from the 3 major banks that nearly all transactions pass through at some point. Oh and they can’t rewrite them because money “CaNt FiX WhAT isNT BrOKe”

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      4 months ago

      By ancient, I hope you mean from like the 50s/60s when computers first started becoming a thing, and not like…the 90s. If the 90s is ancient, I’m just going to have to cry.

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      4 months ago

      To be fair I absolutely do not trust modern programmers with anything close to that important.

      Unless they’re using rust.