OpenAI says GPT-6 is much better with legacy programming languages such as COBOL and Fortran

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OpenAI says GPT-6 is much better with legacy programming languages such as COBOL and Fortran

The Decoder · Oct 20, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC

OpenAI improved its latest models for low-resource programming languages like COBOL, Fortran, and Visual Basic. On the new MultiLangBench, GPT-6 Astra hits an 87.4 percent test pass rate across 20 languages, up from about 38 percent for GPT-5.6 Terra. For COBOL migration specifically, GPT-6.1 Sol reaches up to 97.…

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