On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM Johan Helsingius via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Sure. I was thinking of a completely new project in a start-from-scratch > environment, not one with a lot of legacy. > > By that definition, most programming is legacy programming, particularly in an enterprise setting. Most of us don't green-field everything every time a new project starts. By what I'd consider a more reasonable definition our COBOL folks are starting new projects like "create Zelle service" or "enable custodianship of digital assets" even though those things are intimately bound to existing infrastructure. But I will concede that if you define 'new COBOL project' as "First you buy a new mainframe that runs nothing we're previously written...", then you get to be right. > I was with you until that silly slur. One mans pointed correction is another mans slur. You should assume (and respect the fact) that many of us have been on this list since the 1990s and don't need to be condescended to with regards to list etiquette.
