From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed9.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.69.MISMATCH!peer02.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer02.am4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!peer03.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:49:06 -0500 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: =?utf-8?Q?How_to_get_Ada_to_=E2=80=9C?= =?utf-8?Q?cross_the_chasm=E2=80=9D=3F?= Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:49:07 -0400 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <1c73f159-eae4-4ae7-a348-03964b007197@googlegroups.com> <878t9nemrl.fsf@nightsong.com> <62df3c25-057c-4cc5-a899-b91413613b83@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-FAtlhkjhNYAX4tY1e/4ghv80O2Dav6414y58SpfOQfiLsfLS3v3olf9upTv7AQp/JOLbFFczADlfkJ6!A0ZhCir0ABo4SKn0R4SwYdSURQKR7cUDFv8KYDfYqLvRVeZO+z0g4Xhg168u+1m9mMp90MZa X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2327 X-Received-Bytes: 2570 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2679257193 Xref: reader02.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:53807 Date: 2018-07-14T10:49:07-04:00 List-Id: On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 02:27:33 -0700 (PDT), jm.tarrasa@gmail.com declaimed the following: > >But there is a point that you must correct problems even breaking compatibility. I know that in software, with long term deployments, it is not easy. Many backend software in banks and assurance companies is still COBOL, and they don't dare to migrate it. But someday, you have to break with past to advance. > Or not... Raincode Labs provides IBM compatible COBOL, PL/I, ASM370 compilers, a JCL interpreter, and a CICS emulator -- all running on Windows .NET/Azure -- for the sole purpose of allowing old software to be ported to new hardware. (As I recall, if you pay for the full system, it even integrates with Visual Studio -- the free COBOL does not). And so many places are running OpenVMS in virtual VAX and Alpha systems. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/