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  • M MT_

    Like any other living/non-living thing, language also follows bell-curve. It doesn't die, but get way too obsolete to bother about. Its the interest level of developer community that keeps the language/platform alive. And legacy application of course: VFP for example. In general, Developer community is like that child who wants/gets a new toy every now and then. Some lasts longer, some for very short span.

    Thanks, Milind

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    Tarek Elqusi
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    Our company uses VFP 9 , it also has a version of its application still alive produced by FOXPROW version 2.6 and we still support its customers

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    • D Dalek Dave

      My name is David and I still use VB.Net and VBA

      --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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      walterhevedeich
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      I know. How silly of me to post a silly joke like that. :doh:

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      • T Tarek Elqusi

        Our company uses VFP 9 , it also has a version of its application still alive produced by FOXPROW version 2.6 and we still support its customers

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        MT_
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        exactly, that's the point. It gets obsolete to the level that it looses focus of majority community and we call it dead....but its alive sometimes at it's own sometimes with pace-maker !

        Thanks, Milind

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        • D Dalek Dave

          My name is David and I still use VB.Net and VBA

          --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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          Rage
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          Hi David!

          ~RaGE();

          I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            No, it's only the developers will to live that dies...

            The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger. English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.

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            walterhevedeich
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            OriginalGriff wrote:

            will to live

            Or will to have a life. :laugh:

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            • D Dalek Dave

              Really? Not Turbo PASCAL or PASCAL.Net?

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              Pete OHanlon
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              Nope. The one that InnoSetup uses for scripting.

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              • M MT_

                exactly, that's the point. It gets obsolete to the level that it looses focus of majority community and we call it dead....but its alive sometimes at it's own sometimes with pace-maker !

                Thanks, Milind

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                Nicholas Marty
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                Like old products. We had a support call yesterday from one of our customers... they were using an at least 15 year old application of ours... :laugh: and of course it was "urgentzz" ;P they were lucky at least someone here knew what he was talking about :D

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                  Like old products. We had a support call yesterday from one of our customers... they were using an at least 15 year old application of ours... :laugh: and of course it was "urgentzz" ;P they were lucky at least someone here knew what he was talking about :D

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                  MT_
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                  Yup. that happens and its always "high priority" "urgent" mostly to find the dumbness of user

                  Thanks, Milind

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                  • D Dalek Dave

                    My name is David and I still use VB.Net and VBA

                    --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                    CBadger
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                    Hi David! PS I take it VBA does not stand for Vision Benefits of America? ;P

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                    • D Dalek Dave

                      My name is David and I still use VB.Net and VBA

                      --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                      Mark_Wallace
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                      God, not another troll...

                      I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                      • M MT_

                        Yup. that happens and its always "high priority" "urgent" mostly to find the dumbness of user

                        Thanks, Milind

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                        Tarek Elqusi
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                        and the customers pay so much to not break their business.

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                        • D Dalek Dave

                          LOGO? ALGOL58? and I doubt anyone is using PASCAL any more.

                          --------------------------------- Obscurum per obscurius. Ad astra per alas porci. Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          I can't even read my old Pascal files from college, but... I do have Pascal compilers for my OpenVMS systems. :cool: (And COBOL and Fortran and BASIC... I don't remember the complete list, I only use the C compiler occasionally.)

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