Re: New Term: Zombie Language

Some big companies are still using it... not popular though. On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 1:08 AM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: > Does anyone remember PL/I? -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Fedora 25 Server Spin /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

At 09:08 2018-02-20, Ricardo Araoz wrote: Does anyone remember PL/I? Yes. It looked like it might be good, but it was so difficult to write a bulletproof program. (I tried.) All those ON units. The modern equivalent of that terror is exceptions. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirch

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

yep, if you knew a bit of Fortran and a bit of COBOL you knew ... a bit of PL1 On 20-Feb-2018 10:38 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: Does anyone remember PL/I? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

Does anyone remember PL/I? On 20/02/18 13:00, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2018-02-19 07:15, Alan Bourke wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. > The o

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

At 08:00 2018-02-20, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2018-02-19 07:15, Alan Bourke wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. > The only differentiation I might m

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

On 2018-02-19 07:15, Alan Bourke wrote: On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. > The only differentiation I might make is whether there are implementations still out in the world. Pascal

RE: New Term: Zombie Language

oche Sent: 19 February 2018 13:30 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: New Term: Zombie Language > On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: >> > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. >> > >> >&

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: >> > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. >> > >> >> The only differentiation I might make is whether there are >> implementations still out in the world. Pascal and Fortran have more >>

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

On Mon, 19 Feb 2018, at 11:49 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. > > > > The only differentiation I might make is whether there are > implementations still out in the world. Pascal and Fortran have more > or le

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. > The only differentiation I might make is whether there are implementations still out in the world. Pascal and Fortran have more or less complete and free compilers available (see: https://en.wikiped

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

I guess FORTRAN & PASCAL would qualify. Laurie On 17 February 2018 at 13:01, John Weller wrote: > Love the definitions! > > John > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > > > > zombie language n. a language that is tried and proven that someone > > > wishes to take a swipe at. See also l

RE: New Term: Zombie Language

Love the definitions! John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > zombie language n. a language that is tried and proven that someone > > wishes to take a swipe at. See also legacy. > > > > legacy adj. A pejorative term used in the computer industry meaning > > "it works." > > ___

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

Cheers Gene - I agree with all you have said!!! :-) -K- On 2/15/2018 2:00 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 07:20 2018-02-15, "Paul H. Tarver" wrote: Did anyone catch this article about "Zombie Languages"? https://www.techrepublic.com/article/zombie-programming-languages-could-visu al-basic-

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

At 07:20 2018-02-15, "Paul H. Tarver" 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

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

Or Night of the Living Dead. Bad __Stephen On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Paul H. Tarver 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 >

Re: New Term: Zombie Language

I don't feel bad about it, really, but this makes clear that the Author of the article probably never did work with this languages and didn't work maintaining any systems developed in those now zombie languages. I think that those stats have much sense if you think that there is too much code work