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I'm sure there are AI programs to convert it to another code language.

Once upon a time I was a beta tester for Asymetrix Corporations' OpenScropt softsware that wujdda, shudda been the esperanto of programming.

I'm so old that all that was available was Fortran, and I remember that COBOL was offered to business students who, as my ol' pappy would say, couldn't find 5/8ths of a number.

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Don’t be so dismissive. I designed and programmed many complex statistical applications in COBOL. And I wasn’t a business major. You could do anything in it if you were smart and creative enough.

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They would be hard pressed to deal with the million+ lines of code related to the SSA systems. We both had an upbringing in the early days. I worked in COBOL and Pascal. My frustration was with so many operating systems (OS). Seems like I had to learn 10-15 over the years as each new computer type had their own OS, and we had to port the applications software from machine to machine. That became a full time job. I grew bored to death, maxed out salary wise, and turned to my English minor to venture into and grow in the field of Government proposal writing.

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In school, computers consisted of 1 credii coursse, which was actually data processing using Fortran cards. I was lucky to pass.

I am, at best a dillitante. Never part of my job decrription. When I was in private practice, we had 2 computers, but the boards were ruined by lightning. I learned by necessity.

At first, when I worked for SSA I was not permitted to use the computers -- even for word processing. I took couses on my own dime.

My sister in law had a work relationshp with Paul Allen, who owned Asymetrix. .

I programmed "Social Security Tutor" 30 + years ago for SSA, which I'm told has been updated but still is in use.

What you despribe is probably data maipulation. I am dated, bujt in social sciences they used to program SAS, which is proprietary.

By now, AI should be able to handle it, and humans are probably obsolite.

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Worked with FORTRAN for decades.

COBOL: Common business oriented language

FORTRAN: Formula translator

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