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I think I've seen 2 initiatives to move off of AS/400 to a something else in my lifetime and neither one completed. One was at a bank another at an insurance co
by sakopov 8mo ago
I think I've seen 2 initiatives to move off of AS/400 to a something else in my lifetime and neither one completed. One was at a bank another at an insurance company. Not to mention that a typical COBOL programmer is more interested in retiring than learning to vibe code. At this point I think the software stocks have reached peak panic and hysteria. There is just no rhyme or reason for sharp declines like this.
- Insanity 8mo agoYeah it’s exhausting. Part of me wants the bubble to pop but another part realizes a lot of my stock is now tied up in it lol
- layer8 8mo agoIt does seem like a good time to buy IBM stock.
- whynotmaybe 8mo agoI've seen a successful one where COBOL was converted to ".Net" and heard they were applying the same process to another client a few years ago. I think this is a game changer for trying to migrate secondary services like tools or batch jobs
- cpeterso 8mo agoThere are a few tools to compile COBOL code to .NET without needing to rewrite in a different programming language.
- ep103 8mo agoThis is the first thing that occurred to me. The people above suggesting a cobol to python or go update confuse the heck out of me. Why not just convert to vanilla jacascript at that point? Bizarre
- whynotmaybe 8mo agoYou usually want a language that provides compile-time check and you already use and know.