The Untold Story of COBOL

Try Traycer, the vibe engineering platform that plans, executes, and verifies large coding tasks with absolute clarity: https://traycer.ai Why would a language born in the age of punch cards still be holding up parts of modern life? , How did a “common business language” become one of the most stubborn pieces of infrastructure in history? This is the story of COBOL. 0:00 COBOL Never Left 1:05 The Pentagon Meeting 2:10 Short-Range, Big Impact 2:55 The Name “COBOL” 3:29 Sponsor: Traycer 4:36 The Portability Demo 6:05 Legacy Panic (Y2K → 2020 → Now)