On 7/31/23 9:28 AM, Seymour J Metz wrote:
But look at the dates and explain to me, e.g., how z is legacy but
x86 is not, how z/OS is legacy but Unix is not, how COBOL and PL/I
are legacy but C is not.
Oh! That's simple. "legacy" is what existed before the "new and hot
thing" when someone was learning.
Translation, if it existed before you entered the field, it's "old".
I'm not saying that's correct. I'm just saying that simple liptmus test
seems to cover most old / current / new both in computers and outside of
computers.
old - before you
current - is you
new - after you
--
Grant. . . .
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