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The COBOL Problem

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Originally published on adammonago.com . The COBOL Problem names a knowledge pattern. The language is a metaphor. The store still runs. The interpreters leave. Databases hold information. They do not pass it on. The institution still has a working store. The people who could explain what the record…

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