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COBOL Receives a Visit From the Future
· New York time
OpenAI says it is improving ChatGPT's work in programming languages with fewer resources, introducing evaluations for software engineering, SQLite, and COBOL migration. The effort directs attention toward tasks beyond the most fashionable coding demonstrations. The practical value lies in whether tools can handle specialized work reliably. Success on familiar examples does not automatically transfer to less represented languages or migration projects. Technology loves announcing that everything has changed. Older code has a quieter response: excellent, please preserve the behavior. The future's first assignment may be understanding why the existing system still works.
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