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It’s not immediately clear what benefits that would bring though besides ticking a box of “technically a modern language”. Automated translation won’t be much m
by aj3 6y ago
It’s not immediately clear what benefits that would bring though besides ticking a box of “technically a modern language”. Automated translation won’t be much more readable than assembly and it won’t magically become enterprise grade OOP either.
- throwaway744678 6y agoI was wondering the same; I guess it would be easier to refactor step by step (renaming functions and variables as you work through the code)
- redis_mlc 6y agoAccording the the article, they want to move from a local environment using assembler to Java, which apparently gives them a direction for network access, including web.
- DFHippie 6y agoYou don't think it's easier to develop in Java than assembly? And setting aside the development experience, it might be easier to hire Java programmers.
- fork1 6y agoFrom experience, i have seen cobol code stashing entire copybooks into char/varchars, along with some binary switches to select the appropriate copybook. Unless you have the copybook or a translated version, it's pretty much unreadable. In general it's useful if only to interface with those old parts you don't want or can't change.