[Themaintainers] Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.

[David Eddy]

Camille -

On Aug 09, 2022, at 1:07 PM, Camille Acey <connect at camilleacey.com> wrote:

> (e.g. COBOL is sturdy legacy tech that has withstood the test of time!)

Please do a service to the world of software maintenance & do NOT perpetuate the myth that old COBOL is a significant portion of the IRS’s challenges.


Foundation of IRS systems were written when THE choice of languages was pretty much Assembler (maybe with some Algol & FORTRAN).  COBOL didn’t enter the market until mid to late ‘60s or so.


> The technology dates to the 1970s 

Nonesense… try 1930s with EAM / card punch / plug board processing.


IRS is obviously saddled with very unique challenges… Capital Hill law makers that makes pretzel twisting look like straight-line thinking & major volume issues.

-David

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