Watsonx: IBM's code assistant for turning COBOL into Java

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elteto ◴[03 Dec 23 17:27 UTC] No.38508815[source]▶

These systems have not been running untouched for 60 years. Regulatory environments change almost constantly and the code has to be updated accordingly. I don’t personally know anyone writing COBOL but I’m certain there’s plenty of people doing it. And to change the code you have to know it. So there’s really no 60 year old code that no one knows anymore.

Also, at this point, if you are running on a dead platform and language and you know it, and haven’t addressed it, then it’s on you. I’ve been seeing these COBOL articles since the 2000s I believe.

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kjs3 ◴[03 Dec 23 17:45 UTC] No.38509002[source]▶

>>38508815 #

I’ve been seeing these COBOL articles since the 2000s I believe.

Since the '80s for me. And certainly the '90s, since these sort of zero-content articles were very popular in the runup to Y2K: "the entire world is going to end because there are no Cobol programmers anywhere in the world! Everyone panic!". It's still bullshit.

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1. zoom6628 ◴[04 Dec 23 07:58 UTC] No.38514775[source]▶

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Absolutely. I've seen same since I started as a programmer in COBOL and assembly in early 80s.

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