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[-] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Uh, Java is specifically supported by IBM in the Power and Z ISA, and they have both their own distribution, and guides for writing Java programs for mainframes in particular.

This shouldn't be a surprise, because after Cobol, Java is the most enterprise language that has ever enterprised.

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

How old do you think the mainframes running Social Security are?

[-] Glitchvid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Probably a mix of Z systems, that stuff goes back 20-odd years, and even then older code can still run on new Z systems which is something IBM brags about.
Mainframes aren't old they're just niche technology, and that includes enterprise Java software.

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Think further back. Like late 80s to 90s IBM

[-] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah, that's what they said, 20 years or so ago

[-] digipheonix@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Ok this is gonna hurt. 2005 was 20 years ago

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