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[–] 30 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

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.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

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

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    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.

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