Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin
The Road Ahead: Why I'm Going All-In on Zig (pmbanugo.me)
6 points by eddieos 18 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


meanwhile i'm going all-in on cobol


All jokes aside, COBOL is actually a pretty good AI prompting language

    IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
        PROGRAM-ID.     GEMINI-PROMPT-V1.
        AUTHOR.         A.I. RESEARCHER.
        DATE-WRITTEN.   2025-11-08.

        DATA DIVISION.
        WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
            01  PROMPT-RESPONSE.
                05  OUTPUT-PARAGRAPH PIC X(500).
                
        PROCEDURE DIVISION.
            MAIN-PROCEDURE.
                DISPLAY "MOVE 'WRITE A HAIKU ABOUT MAINFRAME COMPUTING' TO PROMPT-REQUEST".
                
                PERFORM GENERATE-TEXT-HAIKU
                    UNTIL RESPONSE-IS-COMPLETE.
                    
                MOVE RESPONSE-BUFFER TO OUTPUT-PARAGRAPH.
                DISPLAY "RESULT: " OUTPUT-PARAGRAPH.
                
                STOP RUN.
                
            GENERATE-TEXT-HAIKU.
                *> AI Model Magic Happens Here, following the precise instruction.
                CONTINUE.


nice, tho i was not joking! currently have two cobol gigs paying out big time tendies


that's awesome!




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: