Seven years ago, I was citing the fact that 43% of the global financial system runs on a computer language no-one speaks anymore.\u00a0Seven years later, PC Magazine (are PC\u2019s still a thing?) picked up on this theme with the headline: The World Depends on 60-Year-Old Code No One Knows Anymore | PCMag \u2026 and sub-headline:…<\/p>\n
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