The Launch of COBOL Weekly
3 days ago
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- Nestlé used a legacy COBOL inventory program to locate misrouted chocolate in Belgium.
- COBOL remained unaffected by a malicious dependency issue that impacted JavaScript projects due to its lack of a package manager.
- The open-source COBOL compiler now includes JSON parsing, modern SCREEN SECTION, and better C interoperability.
- High demand for COBOL programmers, with retirees being offered six-figure contracts due to a shortage.
- Delays in mainframe modernization are analyzed for their future implications.
- IBM introduced AI tools for COBOL-to-Java translation, code completion, and legacy code explanation.