COBOL bridge for Node.js

Re:COBOL bridge for Node.js by dark_ph0enix on Monday August 17, 2015 @09:55AM (#10072950)

But why?

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Re:COBOL bridge for Node.js by protomyth on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:26AM (#10073152)

The same reason you could write part of your site in COBOL (Micro Focus) because you have a large body of legacy and need to get to the web.

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Re:COBOL bridge for Node.js by jschwartzi on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:16AM (#10073082)

It gives you a way to connect your enterprise system to your corporate intranet.

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Re:COBOL bridge for Node.js by tolle on Monday August 17, 2015 @01:52PM (#10074825)

Seems like a pretty stupid way to do it. Why not just use the raw data from the data files or direct access to the DB/2 database? Does this even handle the ebcdic to ascii conversion? Or packed decimal numbers?

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Re:COBOL bridge for Node.js by jackweirdy on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:46AM (#10073313)

Atwood's Law

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