Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.chainon-marquant.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-1.proxad.net!198.186.190.251.MISMATCH!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: soulspirit@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Design Question Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:11:11 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 11 Message-ID: <26896587.194.1324458671926.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbfq24> References: <9703975.362.1324395730498.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@preg20> <28248718.48.1324421706183.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbnd7> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.208.195.68 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1324458672 25096 127.0.0.1 (21 Dec 2011 09:11:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:11:12 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=91.208.195.68; posting-account=uWiQ9QoAAAAM2odDW2eC5tp9A4qZd5Xo User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10927 On Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:25:38 AM UTC+1, Gene Wirchenko wrote: [...] > I like wheels. Wheels are far older than any of the ideas I have > defended. Do you like wheels? I do, because there aren't good alternatives to them, nor interesting and affordable evolutions of the concept. My boss says he can't understand many of the architectural problems we deal with nowadays; he says everything was simpler, clearer, bug free and more linear with COBOL. Should I evaluate COBOL for my next WEB-based project? -- SoulSpirit