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.
> > >
>
>
> >
>

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