Steering Committee decides against merge of over-complex and largely unloved ALGOL-68 'at this point' Version 15 of the GNU ...

Elon Musk's investigation of federal government systems highlighted Social Security's reliance on software developed in the ...

If you've gotten cash from an ATM, you've interacted with a COBOL-based system. Here's why this old programming language will probably outlive us all.

Most of the erroneous payments were overpayments to living people. Part of the confusion comes from Social Security's ...

Developed in the 1950s, COBOL powers critical functions within the SSA, including processing retirement and disability claims. The administration maintains an impressive 60 million lines of COBOL ...

Legacy programming languages remain vital in modern computing, evolving to stay relevant. Their deep-rooted role in critical ...

Trump drew laughs during his congressional address Tuesday when he alleged that the Social Security Administration (SSA) had millions of beneficiaries listed at 140 years of age and older. But is ...

They’re programmed with an old version of the language COBOL that is nearly as old as me. It all comes down to history. On May 20, 1875, the International Bureau of Weight and Measures ...

IT students at the University of Limerick are being offered Cobol courses Cobol has long been written off as old hat, but many CIOs at large UK organisations have little choice but to carry on ...