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Software automatically translating COBOL to (say) Java has been around for a long time. So there is zero value add using AI for this. Quite the opposite given
by deterministic 7mo ago
Software automatically translating COBOL to (say) Java has been around for a long time.
So there is zero value add using AI for this. Quite the opposite given how error prone AI is.
- GenerWork 7mo agoIf that's the case then why haven't more places moved off of COBOL?
- whobre 7mo agoThe language itself is the least of the problems. There is a whole mash of IBM mainframe technologies that is much harder to replace.
- hippo22 7mo agoIsn’t a better question: why would they migrate off COBOL? Their business is working. What’s the impetus to change? It’s not like they need to use COBOL for every new project.
- conception 7mo agoAlso running probably nearly 100% bug free.