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To: clochard who wrote (43697)	12/31/2005 2:11:53 PM
From: regli	Respond to of 116555

I am not sure if the biggest code base is still COBOL but I am sure it is still near the top. However, I don't agree with your comment about compilers and especially Java as it is interpreted and even with the best of JIT compilers cannot match C++ in performance. Java is very popular if not dominant in the business community today across the world. Note the high percentage of Java use and at the same time note that .NET is not a language but a framework usable with many languages. businessweek.com ... "In North America, the percentage of developers who use Java as one of their principal programming languages declined to 47.9 in Evans' fall survey, vs. 51.4% in the fall of 2002. The same surveys show that while Java use is climbing in Asia, it's on the decline in Europe. Meanwhile, .NET usage increased to 54.1% from 40.3% in the same period in North America, and exceeded Java use in Europe and Asia." ...