[vcf-midatlantic] COBOL: vintage vs. legacy code

Joseph Oprysko joprysko1 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 15 08:09:04 EDT 2017


My question to that is:  Is it a problem if everything is working without
any issues?  I'm a firm believer of not fixing what isn't broken.

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:37 PM Douglas Crawford via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> This popped up on a screen on SourceForge just now:
>
>
>         Give Legacy Code New Life With Modern COBOL AppDev: Using COBOL
>         as a JVM language
>
> With billions of lines of COBOL in use, this business language powers a
> large percentage of every ATM, government, and many other business
> transactions. Many businesses are looking for new ways to utilize
> decades of solid business logic without having to replace a mission
> critical application.
>
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> COBOL applications. Attendees will learn:
>
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>   * Exposing COBOL processes as REST base services
>   * Using COBOL as a .NET or JVM language
>
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>
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>
>
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