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IBM stock dives after Anthropic points out AI can rewrite COBOL fast
Big Blue has been saying this itself since 2023
AI + ML23 Feb 2026 | 90
COBOL
Business use programming language most associated with mainframes and still in use at many banks and in government.... handy for contractors and niche developers. Since 2002, it has been an object-oriented language.
IBM says AI is insane in the mainframe as z17 sales surge
Big Blue leaning on software smarts to modernize COBOL estates and cut costs
AI + ML29 Jan 2026 | 30
The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere
Opinion From COBOL and C to Linux and SQL, the unglamorous software that keeps the world running refuses to disappear
Software31 Dec 2025 | 251
Why the UK public sector still creaks along on COBOL
Feature Government: 'Trust us, it'll be different this time'
Public Sector15 Aug 2025 | 82
GCC 15 is close: COBOL and Itanium are in, but ALGOL is out
Steering Committee decides against merge of over-complex and largely unloved ALGOL-68 'at this point'
Software13 Mar 2025 | 71
Biting the hand that feeds IT
