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Java Weekly<p>Automated Conversion of COBOL to Java, C# and Python using the Code Conv...</p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?si=sNGqlCHulFs1nd0W&amp;v=4-F2ZYBTuMo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?si=sNGqlCHul</span><span class="invisible">Fs1nd0W&amp;v=4-F2ZYBTuMo</span></a></p><p>Discussions: <a href="https://discu.eu/q/https://youtube.com/watch?si=sNGqlCHulFs1nd0W&amp;v=4-F2ZYBTuMo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">discu.eu/q/https://youtube.com</span><span class="invisible">/watch?si=sNGqlCHulFs1nd0W&amp;v=4-F2ZYBTuMo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/csharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>csharp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>python</span></a></p>
Juan "manieflo" Flores🇦🇷✅<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rebel.ar/@peron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peron</span></a></span> acá el trabajo del <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> con <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gnucobo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnucobo</span></a> l y si quieren experimentar con ustedes mismos, acá tienen de donde lo saqué <a href="https://wiki.texto-plano.xyz/tutorial_de_compilacion_en_cobol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.texto-plano.xyz/tutorial_</span><span class="invisible">de_compilacion_en_cobol</span></a></p>
Juan "manieflo" Flores🇦🇷✅<p>Haciendo los palitos con Cobol y Fortran, gracias a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rebel.ar/@peron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>peron</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fortran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a></p>
Ubuntu Peronista<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@manielfo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>manielfo</span></a></span> Así es. Puedes ver los rudimentos de compilación de <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> (y otros lenguajes) en: <a href="https://wiki.texto-plano.xyz/tutorial_de_compilacion_en_cobol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.texto-plano.xyz/tutorial_</span><span class="invisible">de_compilacion_en_cobol</span></a></p>
Nicolas Mouart<p>(she did design a compiler without LLMs, without git, without Python, and without C !) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fortran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fortran</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>superintelligence</span></a></p>
Paul_stilgar<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>knittingknots2</span></a></span> </p><p>8th March , we found another weak woman in the US army</p><p>Grace Brewster Hopper (née Murray; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) US Navy rear admiral. She was the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages, and used this theory to develop the FLOW-MATIC programming language and COBOL, an early high-level programming language still in use today. </p><p>COBOL : the language that the doge genius don’t understand.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a></p>
limar_echo<p>We are worrying about <a href="https://techtoots.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and new <a href="https://techtoots.com/tags/graduates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graduates</span></a> biggest question is which first language and framework to chose in Software engineering... A large amount of companies still run <a href="https://techtoots.com/tags/Cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cobol</span></a>! which is old...<br>You try to stay on the edge of the technological development and maybe also realy enjoy learning new things. But it is an elephant task to move an old system just from Cobol to Java and an investment not every Company can do. It is a clash of interests...</p>
Marty Heyman<p>An article complementary to <a href="https://symas.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a>? Loved it!</p><p><a href="https://www.productparty.us/p/the-future-of-software-is-being-written" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">productparty.us/p/the-future-o</span><span class="invisible">f-software-is-being-written</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Running the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> on <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> is one thing, the fact that <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> are mislead to thinking <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/CumpolsoryTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CumpolsoryTax</span></a> is a bad thing rather than ONE OF THE GREATEST MONEY AND TIME SAVERS FOR A STATE is another, but there is so much more bullshit in <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> law, both federal AND state, that they don't even deal with that it's a problem.</p><p>Watching nigh a century of intentionally inefficient systems implemented by the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> yield massive blind spots for <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> is absolutely hilarious.</p>
jcfrog ✊ 🎸 🤘 ☮️ :anar: 🖥️<p>Le monde dépend d’un langage informatique que plus personne ne connaît - YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2B2QetWGag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=R2B2QetWGa</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a></p>
Behind The Console<p>COBOL Beispiel für Datumstyp</p><p>COBOL Level Numbers and Data-Items</p><p>3.2 Level Numbers and Data-Items<br>In the DATA DIVISION of a Microsoft COBOL program, all entries except the FD and SD entries (for file and sort file descriptions) are names and descriptions of data-items used in the program. These data-items can be group items, elementary it</p><p><a href="https://www.behindtheconsole.com/2025/02/25/cobol-beispiel-fuer-datumstyp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">behindtheconsole.com/2025/02/2</span><span class="invisible">5/cobol-beispiel-fuer-datumstyp/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputerLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputerLab</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a></p>
Behind The Console<p>Microsoft Cobol Compiler for CP/M-80</p><p>Fundstück der Woche nach dem letztens die ganze COBOL Sache wieder hoch gekocht ist.</p><p>Das Handbuch kam mit den originalen 8" Disketten.</p><p><a href="https://www.behindtheconsole.com/2025/02/25/microsoft-cobol-compiler-for-cp-m-80/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">behindtheconsole.com/2025/02/2</span><span class="invisible">5/microsoft-cobol-compiler-for-cp-m-80/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/datatypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>datatypes</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputerLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputerLab</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/BTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BTC</span></a></p>
John Breen<p>Common Business Oriented Language<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a></p>
sjvn<p>If <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> is so problematic, why does the US government still use it? <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/if-cobol-is-so-problematic-why-does-the-us-government-still-use-it/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zdnet.com/article/if-cobol-is-</span><span class="invisible">so-problematic-why-does-the-us-government-still-use-it/</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sjvn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sjvn</span></a></span> </p><p>No, Social Security is not plagued by fraudsters collecting money for fake century-plus-old citizens. The reality is that Social Security and other viral computer systems are written in languages that few young people know.</p>
ʇɐʞlᴉʌƎ 🇺🇦🌈 is rnbwkat<p>I couldn't have said it better!! <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a></p>
NullRegarding Edolph <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/Musk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a>'s empty claims about 150 year old people who are eligible for social security payouts...<br> <br> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/republicans?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#republicans</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/gop?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gop</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/thieves?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thieves</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/socialsecurity?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialsecurity</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/dictatorship?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictatorship</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/USA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/coup?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://anar.chi.st/discover/tags/cobol?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cobol</a>
Jon Udell<p>Adam Tooze, on the Ones and Tooze podcast, gives an excellent layperson-friendly explanation of why there is no way Elon's goons can operate safely and competently in the Treasury's COBOL code base.</p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a></p>
Nate<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mefi.social/@MissConstrue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MissConstrue</span></a></span></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.party/@cliffco58" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cliffco58</span></a></span></p><p>I'm 48. And I spent 9 years maintaining mostly COBOL. Restrictive and preceptive, definitely. But oh, the tricks you would learn from the elders who taught you the eldritch arts!</p><p>Some days in infosec though, I dream of riches going back to COBOL. Stress might be a wash.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/cobol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cobol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Jeri Dansky<p>So the Social Security Administration's benefits system is written in COBOL. I remember COBOL; my best friend (RIP) was a COBOL programmer. </p><p>"COBOL is rarely used today, and as such, Musk’s cadre of young engineers may well be unfamiliar with it."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge</span><span class="invisible">-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/</span></a> or <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250220190140/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2025022019</span><span class="invisible">0140/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>
Paul Chambers🚧<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://babka.social/@robbienorlyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>robbienorlyn</span></a></span> Unfortunately, gaining <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/COBOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COBOL</span></a> skills and doing their computer and budget <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> is fourth or fifth down the line in the damage Musk and DOGE can do to <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>. </p><p>Just closing offices, cutting staff, creating a paperwork backlog, making it harder to reach someone can put a claim behind by a year or moresince nearly everything claims related, except maybe retirement by age, has to be touched and approved by a human, esp disability, widows, children survivor benefits, etc.</p><p>Also, they are using third parties to go after current beneficiaries, it appears, who are paid a percentage for each "savings" they collect, such as backpay due to their, SSA current system, errors.</p>
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