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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 7/21/2019 8:21 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> 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.

I would not consider big data and Android devices to be legacy.

Two areas where Java is really big.

> 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,

If the right language/platform shows up, then it could happen.

>                                  especially given the stunts
> that Oracle are pulling over its licencing.

As I explained in that long post there is really not that
big change: Oracle simplified from having a commercial version,
a free close source version and a free open source version to only
have a commercial version and a free open source version.

Arne