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Subject: Re: Old Programming Languages Never Die and Don't Fade Away Either!

Author: Mike Hood

Date: 13:44:42 02/05/04

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On February 05, 2004 at 15:07:32, William H Rogers wrote:

>Least we not forget that Basic came right out of Fortran. It was considered a
>sub-set of that language and it too, is still alive today.
>Bill :)

When I was working in development at IBM, the first compiler needed for any new
computer was Fortran "because that's what most of our customers want". That
wasn't in the 1970's, it was in the late 1990's!

Dinosaurs don't die... just look at "Jurassic Park" :)



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