https://www.wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-social-security-administration-cobol-benefits/
For reference, SSA has roughly twice as many lines of code written in COBOL as the Linux kernel has lines of code written in C.
this post was submitted on 29 Mar 2025
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Almost a century of history is coded into this system, it's ridiculous that they think they can just rewrite it.
Oh, it can be rewritten and it should be. But it's a very time consuming and expensive process. It may take a long time to amortize indirectly though a system that is more stable, easier to maintain, adapt to new laws, and requires less effort to use and operate. It's not a quick win and not a win in the time frame of one administration - which is why it's usually not considered a high priority.
I meant DOGE, they said they'd do it in 3 months or whatever it was. I'm sure you're project will be better managed.
We will see 😅