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  • H H Brydon

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

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        • T TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

          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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          • H H Brydon

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

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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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                                  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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                                    H.Brydon wrote:

                                    COBOL is portable

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

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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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                                      Johnny J
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                                      Will you STOP using the joke icon for stuff that aren't jokes. And also STOP posting crap links! X|

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                                      • M Marco Bertschi

                                        Do not bully people just because IE 7 is not available for Windows 98.

                                        cheers Marco Bertschi


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                                        Simon Lee Shugar
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                                        Was reformatting my laptop the other day, looking at the discs I had I smiled and was even tempted when I picked up a version of Windows 98..

                                        Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer) www.simonshugar.co.uk "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the grim reaper" - Robert Alton Harris

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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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                                          I still test my apps on IE6... Corporate apps.. Some people still have a fossil of a computer that belongs in a museum, with a 14" screen, a muddy keyboard with missing keys and oil stains... Sitting in a storage area, using software form 1990, and filling my forms daily, double clicking hyperlinks, 800x600, you get the picture... Still got some of those... In fact, if you take his computer away, and give him a new one with win 7 or 8, he'll complain. Typically, those people end up crashing and burning on newer systems, and you'll hear "My old (unpatched) win 2000 didn't crash like this." It doesn't have to be perfect on IE6, but it has to work.

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