My first programming job (29 years ago!) was a COBOL gig. I worked for a company that wrote banking software, most of it COBOL and a little Assembler.
It all ran on IBM mainframes (the size of a small car) surrounded by disks and controllers the size of refridgerators. All the hardware was kept in a glassed-in room with white-tiled raised floor. Most of the coding was done on dumb terminals, but a few applications still had punch cards.
It all ran on IBM mainframes (the size of a small car) surrounded by disks and controllers the size of refridgerators. All the hardware was kept in a glassed-in room with white-tiled raised floor. Most of the coding was done on dumb terminals, but a few applications still had punch cards.
Ah, the memories. Long live COBOL.