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Related: An IRS employee reportedly got 90% of their assembler (yes really) code translated to JAVA. IRS strangely abandoned the project. https://federalnewsne
by avsteele 6y ago
Related: An IRS employee reportedly got 90% of their assembler (yes really) code translated to JAVA. IRS strangely abandoned the project.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-commentary/2020/01/irs-programming-mystery-continues/ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-commentary/2020/01/...
- cheschire 6y agoAny developer with more than a few years of experience knows the first 90% is the easy part though.
- coolgeek 6y agoThis is code from the 60s/70s running on IBM mainframes. It should not be surprising that it is written in Assembler, given those factors and the performance advantages over the alternatives. I was writing new 370 Assembler in the 90s for high throughput electronic pre-press systems.
- WalterGR 6y agoWas it by hand or automated? I couldn’t penetrate the gossip and court intrigue on that site.