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  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

    Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

    I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

    "

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    jim lahey
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    The man is hardcore, no doubt about it.

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      There's trillons of Cobol code lines out there, so... I worked for a Bank that is still using some Clipper apps. I think that run every two year to the new version of VS is worthless

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      COBOL is still active and popular because it supports decimal arithmetic natively (ie. without having to write classes or depend on libraries). Most commercial activities are plain old "read input, massage numbers, spit out result" instead of making lists or calculating a scientific result (which is more interesting to OOP and recent paradigms). Just about every day a new language is invented by somebody, but none of them address decimal arithmetic... which is why COBOL will live on for a long time. The only languages that I know of that currently support decimal arithmetic are assembler (pick your machine), PL/1 and COBOL. I think COBOL wins this one...

      -- Harvey

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      • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

        Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

        I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

        "

        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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        The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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        Why not? if it works for him. I know people who who are still driving their 1950's Ford truck. And they're happy with it. It works for them. Kinda crazy notion, huh? Yeah, yeah, I know.

        If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
        You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
        Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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          COBOL is still active and popular because it supports decimal arithmetic natively (ie. without having to write classes or depend on libraries). Most commercial activities are plain old "read input, massage numbers, spit out result" instead of making lists or calculating a scientific result (which is more interesting to OOP and recent paradigms). Just about every day a new language is invented by somebody, but none of them address decimal arithmetic... which is why COBOL will live on for a long time. The only languages that I know of that currently support decimal arithmetic are assembler (pick your machine), PL/1 and COBOL. I think COBOL wins this one...

          -- Harvey

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          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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          C# natively supports decimal.

          If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
          You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
          Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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          • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

            Why not? if it works for him. I know people who who are still driving their 1950's Ford truck. And they're happy with it. It works for them. Kinda crazy notion, huh? Yeah, yeah, I know.

            If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
            You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
            Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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            tumbledDown2earth
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            a month back a director asked me to be as backward compatible as windoes95 ... My prompt quest was why leave DOS and win3.1 .. After this[^] I wonder whom are we trying to impress

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            • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

              Check out this thread http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4543498/Cannot-do-Preview.aspx[^] The poster has mentioned "

              I am still using IE6 and I am happy with it

              "

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              The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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              tumbledDown2earth
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              Popularity of browsers[^] Popularity of IE versions[^]

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                C# natively supports decimal.

                If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                H Brydon
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                What is the data type called?

                -- Harvey

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                  What is the data type called?

                  -- Harvey

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                  Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                  decimal

                  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/364x0z75(v=vs.71).aspx[^]

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                  • T tumbledDown2earth

                    a month back a director asked me to be as backward compatible as windoes95 ... My prompt quest was why leave DOS and win3.1 .. After this[^] I wonder whom are we trying to impress

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                    :-D

                    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                    You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                    Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                    • T tumbledDown2earth

                      Popularity of browsers[^] Popularity of IE versions[^]

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                      H Brydon
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                      Broken link, old link...

                      -- Harvey

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                      • H H Brydon

                        Broken link, old link...

                        -- Harvey

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                        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers[^]

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                        • T tumbledDown2earth

                          a month back a director asked me to be as backward compatible as windoes95 ... My prompt quest was why leave DOS and win3.1 .. After this[^] I wonder whom are we trying to impress

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                          Joe Woodbury
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                          Last someone asked me to that (though it was to be backward compatible to Win98) I pointed out that anyone too cheap too upgrade from 98 would be too cheap to buy our upgrade. I was right.

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                          • E Emmanuel Medina

                            Hey, whatever floats his boat

                            If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right - Henry Ford Emmanuel Medina Lopez

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                            Colin Mullikin
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                            I don't know how he hasn't hit an iceberg yet...

                            The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                            • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

                              Why not? if it works for him. I know people who who are still driving their 1950's Ford truck. And they're happy with it. It works for them. Kinda crazy notion, huh? Yeah, yeah, I know.

                              If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                              You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                              Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                              Chris Maunder
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                              F150's don't have rendering problems

                              cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                              • T tumbledDown2earth

                                Popularity of browsers[^] Popularity of IE versions[^]

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                                Chris Maunder
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                                A link from 4 years ago? That's like 28 dog years, or 5,689 internet years. Does that article also mention the top 10 gopher apps?

                                cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                  F150's don't have rendering problems

                                  cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

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                                  TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                  LOL. Maybe not, but they can't haul a modern fifth wheeler either.

                                  If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
                                  You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
                                  Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

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                                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                    decimal

                                    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/364x0z75(v=vs.71).aspx[^]

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                                    H Brydon
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                                    I wasn't aware of that - thanks for the enlightenment. ... but C# is a manufacturer's language and suffers the same affliction of PL/1. COBOL is portable and native code and still wins the decimal battle, which is far more than a niche.

                                    -- Harvey

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                                    • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                                      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers[^]

                                      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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                                      The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                                      H Brydon
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                                      Okay, a better link although it doesn't mention IE6.

                                      -- Harvey

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                                      • J Joe Woodbury

                                        Last someone asked me to that (though it was to be backward compatible to Win98) I pointed out that anyone too cheap too upgrade from 98 would be too cheap to buy our upgrade. I was right.

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                                        tumbledDown2earth
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                                        The problem with Managers I tell you ... so faaar from the all the action, and still thinking whatever 'he' knows could save the world some day

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                                        • H H Brydon

                                          I wasn't aware of that - thanks for the enlightenment. ... but C# is a manufacturer's language and suffers the same affliction of PL/1. COBOL is portable and native code and still wins the decimal battle, which is far more than a niche.

                                          -- Harvey

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                                          PIEBALDconsult
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                                          H.Brydon wrote:

                                          COBOL is portable

                                          Every high level language is portable. Just many never get ported.

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