[Info-vax] First ship poll: When will the first native x86-64 compilers ship ?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/15/2022 10:10 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 4/15/2022 7:25 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/15/2022 7:17 PM, Richard Maher wrote:
>>> On 15/04/2022 8:44 pm, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>> On 4/15/2022 3:36 AM, Richard Maher wrote:
>>>>> Something like Kestrel that talks HTTP and can pass JSON to 3GL
>>>>> code a la mode de TIER3. FIDO2 Authentication support.
>>>>
>>>> Both Java and Python can provide nice embedded HTTP servers, do JSON 
>>>> and
>>>> potentially interact with native code (Cobol or otherwise), but obvious
>>>> question is whether it wouldn't be better to do it all in either 
>>>> Java or Python.
>>>
>>> This is the biggest mistake VMS has made for 20 years; throw away the 
>>> existing
>>> customer base :-(
>>
>> Using the right tool for the job is hardly throwing away the
>> customer base.
>>
>> Cobol, Basic, Pascal, C etc. is just not the optimal language
>> for writing a new web service.
>>
>> Not on any platform.
> 
> Really depends on the web service, doesn't it?

Not so sure.

Embedding application in web server or embedding web server
in application, serialization/deserialization of XML/JSON,
understanding of HTTP headers, easy CORS, easy authentication
etc.. Not all web services will need all but most will need
several.

There are probably exceptions, but I would expect them to be
rare.

Arne