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AI Migrates COBOL to Java but Can't Verify Correctness; New Tool Fills Gap
AI coding agents can quickly translate COBOL to Java, but verifying the migrated code behaves identically to the original remains unsolved. A new tool proves behavioral equivalence by checking business rule preservation, not just syntax. It catches subtle issues like floating-point vs fixed-point arithmetic that can silently corrupt financial calculations over millions of transactions.
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The real bottleneck in mainframe modernization isn't translation speed—it's verification rigor, and this tool addresses a gap that vendors have been happy to gloss over.
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AI Can Migrate Your COBOL to Java. It Can't Prove It Didn't Break Anything. We Built the Part That Does. →
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