IBM says GenAI can convert that old COBOL code to Java for you

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2 pointsseanhunter2 comments

Interesting.

I wonder, though, about the quality of the code produced. Is it idiomatic Java? Or is it just something that a Java compiler will compile, and that functions the same, but no human can read?

transpilers have existed for a long time, id say the AI is to make the code human-readable?

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