DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse
www.wired.com
Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language. Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
  • EarlGreyEnglish
    20·
    4 days ago

    But dude, bro, we could put the entire system on the blockchain man, and make it super efficient with an AI backend that will remove all errors bro.

    Dude it’s not even written in Rust bro. WTF is this dinosaur shit?

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      I don’t think Rust is a bad language for doing same things people do with C++, but with a smaller standard and less legacy.

      But yep, that’s the kind of people.

      About dinosaur things - I’ve started learning Tcl/Tk and it’s just wonderful.

      • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Tcl’s small but, in its own weird way, almost perfectly formed. Seeing it mentioned after all those decades raised a smile.

      • EarlGreyEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        Oh Rust is great, and it’s on my learning to do list…but its evangelists are annoying as shit.