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Automated Migration From Cobol To Java On Linux

Posted by timothy on from the so-kids-go-ahead-and-code-in-cobol dept.

Didier DURAND writes "Just published an article about our 100% automated migration from IBM mainframe with Cobol to Linux Java: we could convert of our own application (4 million lines of code) through the tools that we developed. Those tools are open-sourced under GPL for other companies to benefit from them. We save 3 millions euros / year after this migration!"

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  1. From one dead language to another! by sys.stdout.write · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Okay, Java isn't dead yet. But it should be.

  2. Re:"Automated" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That, plus the performance hit of Java in the first place... I really wish colleges never started teaching it instead of 'real' languages. Ok, java is a real language, just like basic. Maybe I should have said good languages. Heck, even C# is better than java.

  3. Re:"Automated" by Shaiku · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Modern extensions of BASIC *are* good languages. Don't know what hole you crawled out of but don't confuse a compiled BASIC with sluggish Java.