Who are you talking to?

I am C++/assembly on the IBM platform here (mostly, there is always
some old code someone wants to maintain, somewhere)...

Sure in the past I have done COBOL, pascal, fortran, snobal, visual
basic, basic, etc, etc... but years ago now...

I realized the first time I seen "C" that it was the future, however,
took me a bit to accept that openly (month or two while I picked up
the syntax, back in the 90's)

COBOL is as dead as CW, but old farts still use it...


Java can do most all of what perl can do, perl just does it better...
for a "compiled script language" perl rocks...

John

"MnMikew" wrote in message
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"John Smith" wrote in message
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Well, if you have a very fast processor and no need for speed or
the
power, java can be pressed into a functional use...

However, when you already have the syntax of C++, why tie your
hands
with java, a pseudo-language really... it steals C syntax to run
scripted and byte code...

Of course, if you don't understand the difference of a real
programming language which is compiled and linked--as opposed to
java,
it is a moot point...

Good luck running that cobol on any modern application servers like
Websphere or Weblogic.