Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.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 15:27:02 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 25 Message-ID: <28361679.375.1324510022059.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqgn9> References: <9703975.362.1324395730498.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@preg20> <28248718.48.1324421706183.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbnd7> <26896587.194.1324458671926.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@vbbfq24> Reply-To: comp.lang.java.programmer@googlegroups.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.66.219.252 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: posting.google.com 1324510373 1789 127.0.0.1 (21 Dec 2011 23:32:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:32:53 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=151.66.219.252; posting-account=uWiQ9QoAAAAM2odDW2eC5tp9A4qZd5Xo User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10939 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. 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. 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. -- SoulSpirit