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A comment on The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java. Parent comment

Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by arglebarnacle on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @01:59PM (#16378281)
Yes that's right, but you've got the terms reversed. Defined contribution is the one where you bear the risk, and defined benefit is where the government bears the risk.
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Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by gbacon on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:02PM (#16380363)
A portion of the risk. PBGC pays out at a significant discount.
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Re:The IRS’s Effort to Convert Its Assembly Codebase to Java by soVeryTired on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @02:04PM (#16378334)
Whoops! My bad - edited.
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