Old Glories: Fortran and Cobol are still among the world's most popular programming languages despite being almost 70 years old. They're certainly overachieving, but for entirely different reasons ...

There are almost no new COBOL programmers available so as retirees start passing away, then so does the maintenance for software written in the ancient programming language. What can banks do?

Despite the month it took to accomplish those programming changes, Iowa's reliance on COBOL hasn't been an issue during the pandemic, said Workforce Development spokeswoman Molly Elder.

Some states have called on programmers who know the programming language COBOL to help their computers process unemployment claims in the wake of COVID-19.

Banks and financial companies are desperate to find programmers who know COBOL, an almost 60-year old programming language that is still in full effect.

The share of searches per million for the programming language COBOL on the job site Indeed grew 707% during the coronavirus crisis. While job seekers are interested in the language — largely ...

Specifically, New Jersey was seeking programmers who knew how to code COBOL, a programming language that is widely used on mainframe computers like the systems that process the state’s unemployment ...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy put out a request for programmers familiar with outdated computer language COBOL to help with its coronavirus response.

What is DOGE’s Plan? DOGE has outlined a proposal to replace the core programming of the SSA, which has been running on COBOL—a language created in the late 1950s.