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Re: AI could keep COBOL running

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On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:59:25, NOSPAM.sysop@darkrealms.ca (Dumas Walker) wrote:

>'Modernizing a COBOL system once required armies of consultants 
>spending years
>mapping workflows... AI changes this': Anthropic says AI could help 
> keep COBOL
>running for a long time to come - but IBM won't be happy
>
[.......]

>This shows that even long-established enterprise software vendors may 
> face
>disruption as AI continues to reshape legacy system modernization.
>
>
>https://www.techradar.com/pro/modernizing-a-cobol-system-once-required-
>-armies-o
>f-consultants-spending-years-mapping-workflows-ai-changes-this-
>-anthropic-says-a
>i-could-help-keep-cobol-running-for-a-long-time-to-come-but-ibm-wont-be-
>-happy
>
>$$

Need to see it before believing.....  I've build Cobol constructs of which no AI would understand.  Why?  Because at the time there
were no usable alternatives with enough speed after compiling.  Call it "assembly language using Cobol".

So, for now maybe a promise which will give CTO's a chance to spend money on the latest hype...

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AI could keep COBOL running NOSPAM.sysop@darkrealms.ca (Dumas Walker) - Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:59:25
  Re: AI could keep COBOL running Joe <none@nowhere.whereo> - 2026-03-02 14:49 +0000
    Re: AI could keep COBOL running Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2026-03-04 09:52 -0500
  Re: AI could keep COBOL running Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2026-03-02 18:38 -0500

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