>>Based on the way we wrote the Compiler, I suggest you go back and check for correct answers from your "couple hundred lines of code".
Some of those compilers are real "gems" to be sure. Actually, I work(ed) mostly in a hybrid Cobol - ICOBOL from Data General. The compiled code ran under an interpreter, but it's rock solid, screams on the current hardware platforms, and just keeps on going, and going, and going.....
We went to Gregorian date storage routines in new code a few years ago, but there is just too much legacy code that needs to be fixed. Add to that the fact that we've embedded system calls in tons of nooks and crannies, killing any migration to a Unix platform, and you get "purchase order for new hardware, operating system, and applications." So, we go from writing apps to implementing someone elses.
Cobol to 4GL. That first step is going to be a real doosie.
BTW, that was a couple hundred -thousand- lines of code - I have the frayed fingernails, pens, pencils, and paperclips to prove it. <g> |
