Or Night of the Living Dead. Bad __Stephen
On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Paul H. Tarver <p...@tpcqpc.com> wrote: > Did anyone catch this article about "Zombie Languages"? > > > > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/zombie-programming- > languages-could-visu > al-basic-be-the-next-cobol/?ftag=TRE684d531 > <https://www.techrepublic.com/article/zombie-programming- > languages-could-vis > ual-basic-be-the-next-cobol/?ftag=TRE684d531&bhid= > 19995525687222274123473679 > 288983> &bhid=19995525687222274123473679288983 > > > > While the article focuses on Visual Basic, I think VFP qualifies under > their > definition: > > > > Zombie Languages: "Those old developer favorites that refuse to die" > > > > To be honest, it makes all of us FoxPro coders cool again: We are all > "Zombie Wranglers!" > > > > ~~~~~~~ Pull Quote ~~~~~~~ > > James Milligan also drew parallels with the perennial demand for > programmers > skilled in venerable mainframe programming language COBOL, a language older > than The Beatles. > > > > "Other languages which continue to be widely used despite running legacy > systems include COBOL. It's known that COBOL tends to be preferred in > business, finance and administrative systems due to its efficiency in > handling large volumes of data - so it's predicted to remain popular across > these sectors." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Paul > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com 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/cajidmy+5iitbp-amry8-td-xvemjym7d9vb7-mnnrao-hcn...@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.
