Re: COBOL to Java conversion

HansJ wrote:
We are in the business of migrating Unisys COBOL mainframe
applications to Unix.
Using the same programming language and keeping the code intact is a
key element, because we think that there are enough issues to deal
with.
Recently we have seen requests to not only move to a different
platform, but also to change the language to be Java.
We don't need to discuss all the issues that come with a language
change, like maintainability, staff competence, etc. as this is a
different topic.
I would be interested in knowing if anyone has seen a successful
project of this type that has a significant size.
A significant size would be more than one million lines of COBOL code.

Thanks HansJ

To paraphrase Samuel Johnson,

"COBOL to Java is like a dog raised up on its hinder legs. It is not
surprising that it does it poorly; what is surprising is that it would want
to do so at all."


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