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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:27:02 -0800 (PST), soulspirit@gmail.com wrote:

>On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 8:08:07 PM UTC+1, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:11:11 -0800 (PST), souls...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>> >On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:25:38 AM UTC+1, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
>[...]
>> > Should I evaluate COBOL for my next WEB-based project?
>> 
>>      I do not believe him.  Do you?
>> 
>>      If you have something workable now, why change?  This is much the
>> same as why should a working system written in COBOL be rewritten in
>> language-flavour-of-the-short-time-period.
>
>Because things evolve.

     Do you need the new whatever?  You might not.  It might possibly
be of interest.  It might be vital.  It depends.

>How would you add web services capabilities to a COBOL program? How would you publish an AS/400 application to the internet?
>Sometimes reworking something from scratch costs less than evolving an obsolete system.

     Sure, and sometimes (the other sometimes), it is the other way
around.

>But we were talking about new projects, you diverted from the subject.
>
>> > Should I evaluate COBOL for my next WEB-based project?
>
>I miss your answer here.

     I did not divert from it at all.  Why would one change?  Are
there deficiencies in what you have now?  Are there advantages which
could be gained by changing?  How do these weigh out?  Then, decide
accordingly.

     Please note that I do not say that one should not use the new
stuff.  What I say is that one does not necessarily need it.  Use your
judgement to determine which is the case for you.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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