This was the start of the programming language COBOL (generation 3). The COBOL programming language was very similar to a normal (English) language and for those who took the time, it really was (and ...

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. According to WIRED, DOGE's ...

Cobol, an acronym for Common Business Oriented Language, made its first appearance in business applications in1960. According to David Wright, director of development of US-based funds management ...

Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.

DOGE apparently wants to replace COBOL at the US Social Security Fund DOGE wants to replace an old programming language at the social security fund in the shortest possible time. Experts are alarmed.

This was the start of the programming language COBOL (generation 3). The COBOL programming language was very similar to a normal (English) language and for those who took the time, it really was (and ...

The SSA has relied on COBOL since its creation. In 2023, the SSA distributed over $1.3 trillion in benefits to 70 million beneficiaries, showing the system’s continued ability to process payments on a ...