COBOL is widely used in mainframe-based banking and insurance systems. It would NOT die. Nobody has the nerve to touch those written problems, as there will be legal consequences if not death altering them.
Should we pray for a miracle for VFP? What if someone resurrect VFP and enhance it? :) On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, except many people have very, very large and perfectly working > systems written in VFP (or COBOL or whatever else) where even if the > customer base would fund a wholesale rewrite, it wouldn't happen in a 5 > or 10 year period. Therefore containerisation and similar approaches > like Centennial are an excellent solution. -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 (Linux kernel 2.6.39.3) /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you! _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=MJCdChn4vsrbudao+2U6K7M5EBoJbB5=ac3nqpaygru...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
