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I just had to laugh when I read this:
"If you have a lot of COBOL, may want to build your next datacentre next to a retirement home," Colony quipped.

I guess California can go move.

If you have no idea of what I'm talking about, read these:

• California's Cobol conundrum
• COBOL thwarts California's Governor

Edsger Dijkstra famously described it is as a "disease" and noted: "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."