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Comment: COBOL code is not too different (Score 4, Interesting) 256

by plopez (#43769283) Attached to: IBM Takes System/z To the Cloud With COBOL Update

from much of the code I have seen written in Java, C#, Python, or Perl. Heck, VB was based Basic which drew on COBOL and Fortran, since it was a teaching language and so it had much of the syntax and idioms of those languages. Anytime you use VB your are using a form of COBOL.

BTW if you want to check out something cool, check out Fortran 2008. It supports the OO paradigm, has built in parallel processing support, and is backward compatible to Fortran 77. It's not dying anytime soon either.

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Crowdsourced Network Planning For Connection-Bridging Startup 56

Posted by timothy
from the no-but-really-where-are-you dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Tom's Hardware reports on the Connectify Switchboard software that "divides the user's traffic between Wi-Fi, 3G/4G and Ethernet-based connections on a packet-by-packet basis. Even a single stream — such as a Netflix movie — can be split between two or three Internet connections for a higher resolution and faster buffering." As part of its Kickstarter campaign, Connectify is geolocating their backers to optimize deployment of their servers. This is a clever way for supporters to influence the project beyond pledge levels and stretch goals, and it's actually kind of fun to watch."

Comment: Get a life (Score 1) 428

by plopez (#43748173) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Dealing With a Fear of Technological Change?

Seriously stop pining for a past you never experienced. Open up your windows and open up the source of X gen deadlock. Take the next step and let out a mighty "yahoo!" and embrace and extend your time to live. Burn the black T-shirts and stop being a java sucking wannabe. Run level 1 or run level 5. The rest is just silly.

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