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| From | Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: Design Question |
| Date | 2011-12-21 11:08 -0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:11:11 -0800 (PST), soulspirit@gmail.com wrote:
>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.
The wheel has evolved considerably.
>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?
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.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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