[Info-vax] Java on VMS, was: Re: So is there still a hobbyist program or not

Bill Gunshannon bill.gunshannon at gmail.com
Sat Jul 20 08:13:43 EDT 2019


On 7/19/19 9:24 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> A bit of fun only slightly related.
> 
> I came to think of: what JVM language would the programmers
> of the traditional VMS languages pick.
> 
> My best guess:
> 
> Cobol -> Java

Considering that the two have absolutely nothing in common, why?

The list of conversions from COBOL to other "more modern" languages
that resulted in business failures just goes on and on and on.

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/erp-software-chaos-erzuernt-liqui-moly-chef-ernst-prost-16277813.html

bill




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