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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 01:37:18 JST Ars Technica

   IBM’s generative AI tool aims to refactor ancient COBOL code for its mainframes

   Humans are still "in the driver's seat," but it could make code more modular.

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/ibms-generative-ai-tool-aims-to-refactor-ancient-cobol-code-for-its-mainframes/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Andrew Bennett (larthallor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 01:50:18 JST Andrew Bennett

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     @arstechnica Surely this problem has already been solved by the blockchain?

   • Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 02:19:45 JST Howard Chu @ Symas

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     @arstechnica there are already companies (like Microfocus) selling Cobol compilers that emit java. Thing is, even when it works well, java still sucks for deterministic execution. Targeting java just isn't a smart solution.