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AI migrated legacy COBOL programs to Java, bugs included

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AI migrated legacy COBOL programs to Java, bugs included
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A new research paper explores an agentic method for the deterministic validation of legacy COBOL code migrated to Java. The study addresses the technical challenges and potential bugs inherent in automated code migration processes.

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As organizations struggle to modernize aging infrastructure, reliable automated migration tools are critical for maintaining system stability and security.

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Focus to learn more arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) Submission history From: Andras Ferenczi [ view email ] [v1] Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:25:23 UTC (2,963 KB) Full-text links: Access Paper: View a PDF of the paper titled Agentic Method for Deterministic Validation of Legacy Code Migration, by Andras Ferenczi and 4 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) TeX Source view license Current browse context: cs.SE < prev | next > new | recent | 2026-07 Change to browse by: cs cs.AI References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar export BibTeX citation Loading... BibTeX formatted citation loading... Data provided by: Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer ( What is the Explorer? ) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers ( What is Connected Papers? ) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps ( What is Litmaps?

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