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How many million lines of mainframe COBOL would need to be updated if the SSN were to go away?
by coleca 9y ago
How many million lines of mainframe COBOL would need to be updated if the SSN were to go away?
- bhhaskin 9y agoAh, the real problem.
- FLUX-YOU 9y agoA lot less when they take the lazy route and autofill 000-000-0000 and just remove any validation in the languages that are cheaper to hire for.
- victor106 9y agoThis would also serve as a good opportunity to replace those legacy systems
- Illniyar 9y agoIs there a reason why ssn numbers can't become national id numbers? It's the easiest path, all you need is to make new cards with biometric information (probably a photo). The number can remain. Even if you add a validation digit, it can be computed algorithmically so you don't need to change tje database.