No programming language dies

[OriginalGriff]

Dalek Dave wrote:

and I doubt anyone is using PASCAL any more.

Um. You might be wrong: Google "Pascal .NET"[^] And there is still Delphi out there.

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.

[Bergholt Stuttley Johnson]

no that one is dead it just wont lie down, it's a zombie language

You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

[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

[Mycroft Holmes]

You need to visit Q&A and the forums more often I've seen a number of VB6 questions in the last week or two.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Pete OHanlon]

You know, it's a funny thing. I was using Pascal just 5 minutes ago.

[Dalek Dave]

PASCAL.Net, not PASCAL.

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[Dalek Dave]

Really? Not Turbo PASCAL or PASCAL.Net?

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[Johnny J]

Hi David!

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[Tarek Elqusi]

I met someone using Borland Pascal several years ago

[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

[walterhevedeich]

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

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[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

[Rage]

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

[walterhevedeich]

OriginalGriff wrote:

will to live

Or will to have a life. :laugh:

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[Pete OHanlon]

Nope. The one that InnoSetup uses for scripting.

[Nicholas Marty]

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

[MT_]

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

Thanks, Milind

[CBadger]

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

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[Mark_Wallace]

God, not another troll...

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

[Tarek Elqusi]

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