[Info-vax] Programming languages on VMS

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/23/2018 07:10 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 1/23/2018 3:17 PM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <p45v88$1u3q$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
>> <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>>> Languages needed for old stuff:
>>>
>>> Fortran - HP/VSI, will be ported
>>
>>> Languages needed for new stuff:
>>
>> Hey!  One can write new code in Fortran!
> 
> You can.
> 
> But if you look at 1000 new applications how many of them will
> actually be in Fortran?
> 
> My guess: most likely none, maybe one or two.
> 
> Arne
> 

The stuff that is best done in Fortran will continue to be done
in Fortran.  I can think of a couple of places that still do
major projects in Fortran (One in GA and another in NY).

COBOL the same way.  There are things these languages do that
other languages do not do as well.

But, it doesn't mean change can't happen.  I used to work for a
government contractor (many, many moons ago!) who was a very big
user of Ada.  It's how I got into Ada in the first place. I recently
read an article about them converting the Ada they still use into
another language.

bill