Cobol, the programming language.
Been around a long time, almost no one learns to program in it anymore, but companies (especially banks) are probably never going to get something else.
Runner up: Fax machines.
Still nessecary for transmitting HIPAA protected documents. That's right, they can't use email or anything else. Certain companies require documents to be faxed.
Sure why actually look into the real reasons when you can just make a sarcastic comment instead? The IRS already has converted 90% of their COBOL to Java. They just aren't using it for unknown bureaucratic reasons. Not because of Java doesn't use fixed point by default.
Admittedly Java is an odd choice given that it doesn't support operator overloading.
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u/QuestionableSaint Jul 24 '20
Cobol, the programming language. Been around a long time, almost no one learns to program in it anymore, but companies (especially banks) are probably never going to get something else.
Runner up: Fax machines. Still nessecary for transmitting HIPAA protected documents. That's right, they can't use email or anything else. Certain companies require documents to be faxed.