{"id":1101,"date":"2013-07-19T15:32:05","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T15:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2013-07-09T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T15:51:18","slug":"cobol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/19\/cobol\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always was curious about Cobol. I manage one easy application with a good team doing service support for a Cobol batch application, so there is not challenge that I was required to face.<\/p>\n<p>But with this new customer I&#8217;m working they have a big application with the possibility of implementing projects on it and it is inviting me to get into more details to get these projects.<\/p>\n<p>This is forcing me to learn things: good!! 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