IBM translates COBOL to Java

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IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java

What it means

A news-style screenshot shows rows of servers in a data center beneath the headline “IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java.” The joke treats this as ominous news for old-school COBOL programmers and implies that the aging technology—and its boomer users—may finally be replaced by AI and Java. EN: A news-style screenshot shows rows of servers in a data center beneath the headline “IBM taps AI to translate COBOL code to Java.” The joke treats this as ominous news for old-school COBOL programmers and implies that the aging technology—and its boomer users—may finally be replaced by AI and Java.

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