Timothy Sipples wrote:
BTW: Isn't COBOL the most primitive language in use ? OK, I assume Basic
(BASIC ?) is not in use. Isn't COBOL unpopular on other platforms ?
Agreed, not even close.
Enterprise COBOL is very advanced. XML, Unicode, object stuff, every kind
of cross-language calling convention, a really advanced LE runtime, high
performance....
IMHO COBOL syntax is primitive. XML, Unicode, OOP do not change it.
However something old, even obsolete can be very effective. It's like
hammer - device introduced many years ago, but still very usable,
despite we need sometimes screwdriver (*). Re-read my question: most
primitive language *IN USE*. There were other languages, even more
primitive, but COBOL is still in use. Not only because of existing
applications. Sometimes because it is effective tool (although
primitive, and unpopular on other platforms).
(*) BTW: M$ .NET seems to me like "1238 tools in one" made of poor
plastic and die-cast, made in PRC. It costs small money, but it is worth
nothing.
--
Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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