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852 COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

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Zeb Larson @ Wired · 03/16/2026 07:00 EDT

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages

The most widely adopted computer language in history, COBOL is now causing a host of problems. It's also dangerously difficult to remove.

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