> But don't write in someone else's language. This is the "deserved to be shot" argument of things.
Amen.
Remember all those closed and proprietary "4GL" programming languages throughout the 1990s? And all the business software titles built using them? All gone now.
In one of my previous jobs? Nope! ...and no intention of replacing it!
I liked the job but wrangling that unholy cobbled together mess made me want to fly to America and commit seppuku in front of the Progress offices to express my displeasure.
Amen.
Remember all those closed and proprietary "4GL" programming languages throughout the 1990s? And all the business software titles built using them? All gone now.
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.