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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/16/2022 6:25 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 4/16/2022 6:14 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/16/2022 11:02 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
>>> Den 2022-04-16 kl. 13:28, skrev Bill Gunshannon:
>>>> On 4/15/22 22:10, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>> On 4/15/2022 7:25 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>>> 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?
>>>
>>> And on the *definition* of "web services".
>>
>> There may not be a formal definition, but most developers have
>> a common understanding what such a thing is.
>>
>> Something like: a service intended to be used by client applications
>> based on web protocols typical XML/HTTP(S) or JSON/HTTP(S).
> 
> Well, there you go again, refining the definition to match your claims.  
> Of course that makes you right.

It is a pretty common definition. Maybe not exactly worded like that,
but close.

> How about anything that offers some service that might be needed over 
> the internet?

Not at all.

Web services are probably more often used internally then over
public internet.

The web in web service sis the technology not the network used.

And not all services on the internet are web services. A web page
intended for browsers and humans are not a web service.

Arne