Rekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days agoAnthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, sending 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% — IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and countingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic's new AI tool can write 67-year-old COBOL code, sending 115-year-old IBM's stock tumbling by 13% — IBM stock has worst day in 26 years, down 25% MoM and countingwww.tomshardware.comRekall Incorporated@piefed.social to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarexeplinkfedilinkarrow-up22·9 days agoIt’s not hard to learn COBOL. However, the intricacies of the system that The Wizard maintains is another matter altogether.
minus-squaregressen@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up8·9 days agoI would argue that learning those intricaties is a part of learning the language. Otherwise you just know the syntax, somewhat like a LLM.
It’s not hard to learn COBOL. However, the intricacies of the system that The Wizard maintains is another matter altogether.
I would argue that learning those intricaties is a part of learning the language. Otherwise you just know the syntax, somewhat like a LLM.