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To: b_sharp

My company retains 40 year old Fortran as if it were the Tablets of Moses. And it ain't no small company.

2,182 posted on 02/18/2006 9:52:05 PM PST by GregoryFul

To: GregoryFul

My company retains 40 year old Fortran as if it were the Tablets of Moses. And it ain't no small company.

Do they need programmers? :-O

2,197 posted on 02/19/2006 6:31:54 AM PST by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)

To: GregoryFul

My company retains 40 year old Fortran as if it were the Tablets of Moses. And it ain't no small company.

So... The users lose the source code, and they ask the developers to write it again, but the users have to remind the developers how the code went?

2,247 posted on 02/21/2006 11:55:06 AM PST by Thatcherite (More abrasive blackguard than SeaLion or ModernMan)

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