Bluesky

1709 readers

1 users here now

People skeeting stuff.

Bluesky Social is a microblogging social platform being developed in conjunction with the decentralized AT Protocol. Previously invite-only, the flagship Beta app went public in February 2024. All are welcome!

founded 11 months ago

MODERATORS

TheArstaInventor@lemmy.world

562

A COBOL programmer explains that this migration is impossible without catastrophe unless they want to destroy social security. (europe.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by Loduz_247@lemmy.world to c/peoplebluesky@lemmy.world

51 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Result is a Javascript wrapper that runs the same old routines amyway, but with a nice coat of coding paint.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That would be too competent, since that's how real migrations work - you wrap COBOL in something that can integrate with more modern programming languages and replace it bit by bit, though hopefully not in JavaScript.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah, use [Java, C, Assembly, PHP...] instead

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

FAQ:

"My social security check is made out to [object Object], can I still deposit it?"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 months ago

Poor Bobby Tables needs his too...

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

We're sorry, we can't accept a check for the amount of "NaN."