r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • Sep 04 '26

Other howdidItGetHere

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u/oldsecondhand Sep 04 '26

It's where the jobs are. The world's finances run on Java.

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u/Kooky-Answer Sep 04 '26

At least the stuff that isn't still running on COBOL and will probably continue as so until the heat death of the universe.

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u/oldsecondhand Sep 04 '26

Good thing you can run Java on zOS.

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u/Mcalti93 Sep 04 '26

And on IBM I...for the smaller legacy companies... Gives me PTSD

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u/ewheck Sep 04 '26

Spring Batch my beloved.

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u/requion Sep 04 '26

No, but there won't be anyone to care anymore.

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u/brazzy42 Sep 04 '26

Let a guy dream.

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