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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-20, Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS at hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/07/2019 8:13 pm, 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?
>> 
>
> They were once extremely popular and are now both dead.
>

I would say they are both in legacy status as opposed to dead.

There's a lot of code in production use in both languages and
that code is going to be around (and need maintaining) for a
long time.

However, even though it is the newer of the two, Java will actually
probably die off quicker than COBOL, especially given the stunts
that Oracle are pulling over its licencing.

Simon.

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