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From: Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Still Going - IRS Still Using JFK-Era Computers
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:25:59 -0400
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Rich <rich@example.invalid> writes:

> In theory, they should be able to move the software to newer hardware 
> (if they needed newer hardware in any case) by recompiling it.

I'm pretty sure  the code in question is running on a descendant of
S/360.  If that's the case, no recompile is necessary to run on modern
system Z hardware.

-- 
Dan Espen