+1
On 2022-07-08 10:51, Dave Jones wrote:
Timothy Sipples said:
"Which leads to an interesting thought exercise. In 2022 if you're trying to choose
a programming language for business application programming that stands the best chance
of being durable (being realistically maintainable, extendable, enhance-able) for the
next 40+ years — a common requirement for many high value, nontrivial business
applications — what programming language would you choose? I suggest Enterprise COBOL
ought to be a candidate. (Any other nominations?)"
Enterprise PL/I, of course. :-)
DJ
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