#also java would almost certainly be far slower than cobol for this application. augh

[thesaintelectric]

imagine you have like, an aga. old ass oven that is really good at its job of oven. and some tween rocks up and says 'hey this sucks its old and bad, we are going to replace this' and by 'replace' the mean ask an ai to recreate its exactly functionality with a short turn around time so they don't test it.

but they are complex beasts agas so it doesn't quite work and breaks completely. now you have no idea what it is or how to fix it, and neither do they! so you have to completely take it apart to fix it. then once you do that it breaks again. and repeat.

doge/elon wanting to rewrite millions of lines of COBOL (in java i have to laugh) is so funny i wish i could translate it to tumblrinas