Title :
The realities of language conversions
Author :
Terekhov, Andrey A. ; Verhoef, Chris
Author_Institution :
St. Petersburg State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
Billions of lines written in Cobol, PL/I, and other mature high level languages are still in active use. Many developers have tried to convert these languages to more modern ones, but few have succeeded. The article sheds light on the realities of language conversions and discusses the possibilities and limitations of automated language converters
Keywords :
automatic programming; high level languages; program interpreters; Cobol; PL/I; automated language converters; high level languages; language conversions; mature languages; Books; Companies; Computer languages; Costs; Java; Natural languages; Personnel; Power generation economics; Software engineering; Software tools;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
