Re: One thing I noticed

Michael C wrote:
> "Karl E. Peterson" <karl@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:erfqoGP2FHA.620@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> A lot of guys who were too young to remember have that same trouble,
>> yeah.
>>
>> MSBasic has been around since 1976. Windows, from this perspective,
>> didn't come into
>> the picture until 1991. Well-designed business logic migrated
>> without issue, and in
>> fact *still* loads just fine into VB6.
>
> I just can't see an app written in 1976 not needing a mojor rewrite,

Fwiw, I tend to agree. But that's irrelevent. The decision *must* remain with the
developer, *NOT* the language vendor. Saying, "Break my code!", is the coward's way
out of facing their own self-imposed reality.

> it must still use a text file probably loading all the data into
> memory in one go, dumping it all back to the text file in the end
> with no network support.

Well, that's just ignorant supposition.

> And that's just one part of the app, I can
> only guess at the other sins that must be under the hood.

I wouldn't; you're not showing any particular talent in that area. ;-)
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