Re: COBOL to Java conversion

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:03:12 -0700, Alistair
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

OK. Seeing as I am applying for a job where the organisation is
looking at the option of migrating Cobol (probably to NATURAL but that
is another drum to bang) what experience does this group have of
migrating Cobol to C/C++ or Java (or any other language that might be
relevant)?

I've had enough experience "migrating" CoBOL to CoBOL to know that
migration is rarely the way to go even with the same language. When
data, databases, interfaces, and/or business needs change rewrites are
appropriate.

The expression "I can write Fortran in any language" is not a
recommendation.
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