I tend to be more of a lurker on this group as I'm fairly new to Java, but I'm 31 and I write RPG on a System i every day. So, I would agree, old languages never die :-)
Also, since we are a System i (formally AS/400) shop we use DB2. In fact, places like Washington Mutual, Columbia Sportswear and FedEx UK use DB2. I know there are others, but those are off the top of my head. -- James R. Perkins On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 08:43, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Old languages never die. When I worked at The Home Depot I was working > on JSPs that called to webservices implemented in COBOL on the > mainframe. The woman who was writing the COBOL was only 35! > > - J > > On Apr 29, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Vince O'Sullivan wrote: > > > > > On Apr 28, 9:31 pm, John Stager <john.sta...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Like most Java developers they forget about the older technologies > >> like COBOL and mainframe development where DB2 is still widely used. > > > > I found out, earlier this week, that we still have live APL code > > running in our company. Now that was a surprise, particularly since > > the APL replacement project happened several years ago. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---