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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/20/2019 8:13 AM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> 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?

None of the language matches really share syntax.

It is more of a philosophical match.

The Cobol and Java people are the people that does not care if the
language is a bit old and a bit verbose.

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

The list of conversions from anything to anything that
result in failures goes on and on.

Arne