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No, it's only the developers will to live that dies...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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OriginalGriff wrote: will to live
Or will to have a life. 
Signature construction in progress. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Damn you have the perfect signature - CBadger
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no that one is dead it just wont lie down, it's a zombie language
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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You need to visit Q&A and the forums more often I've seen a number of VB6 questions in the last week or two.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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LOGO?
ALGOL58?
and I doubt anyone is using PASCAL any more.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Dalek Dave wrote: and I doubt anyone is using PASCAL any more.
Um. You might be wrong: Google "Pascal .NET"[^]
And there is still Delphi out there.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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PASCAL.Net, not PASCAL.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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You know, it's a funny thing. I was using Pascal just 5 minutes ago.
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Really?
Not Turbo PASCAL or PASCAL.Net?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Nope. The one that InnoSetup uses for scripting.
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I met someone using Borland Pascal several years ago
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I can't even read my old Pascal files from college, but... I do have Pascal compilers for my OpenVMS systems. 
(And COBOL and Fortran and BASIC... I don't remember the complete list, I only use the C compiler occasionally.)
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Like any other living/non-living thing, language also follows bell-curve. It doesn't die, but get way too obsolete to bother about.
Its the interest level of developer community that keeps the language/platform alive. And legacy application of course: VFP for example.
In general, Developer community is like that child who wants/gets a new toy every now and then. Some lasts longer, some for very short span.
Thanks,
Milind
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Our company uses VFP 9 , it also has a version of its application still alive produced by FOXPROW version 2.6 and we still support its customers
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exactly, that's the point. It gets obsolete to the level that it looses focus of majority community and we call it dead....but its alive sometimes at it's own sometimes with pace-maker !
Thanks,
Milind
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Like old products. We had a support call yesterday from one of our customers... they were using an at least 15 year old application of ours...  and of course it was "urgentzz"  they were lucky at least someone here knew what he was talking about 
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Yup. that happens and its always "high priority" "urgent" mostly to find the dumbness of user
Thanks,
Milind
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and the customers pay so much to not break their business.
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So, what are your predictions for the IPO....
Will it be a day one disaster full of controversy like the FB IPO?
Will the shares rise or fall on day one trading?
Will the shares be up or down following 1 week/month trading?
Any other musings to this stock?
I think that these will be a more reliable long term gain than those in it for a quick win. Having such a simple model that is embedded in society is a good strong foothold for building on. It is just a case of how do you build on it...
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I dunno - but I'd have thought it would have made a bit more sense to have at least started to make a profit before going for an IPO...going to be no dividends at a guess, so it's all on the initial killing you can make - if any - whether you buy them or not. I'd guess it will be bought up (mostly by twatterers) and flogged pretty quickly, but I can't see who is going to hold onto it in the long term.
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Yeh, returns are definitely going to be based on stock growth and sell rather than dividends. Think that goes with most tech IPOs initially.
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DaveAuld wrote: Having such a simple model that is embedded in society is a good strong foothold for building on.
A one trick pony that has trouble monetizing its userbase.
Yeah, will be a success, just like FB.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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The stock will sell for $140 or less.
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council turbine in wrong place[^]
The wind turbine was installed (at a cost of £48,000) and has generated electricity for nearly two years. And so far, it has produced £5 worth every month! So, at that rate, is only going to take 800 years to break even... 
But the mechanical problems have been fixed now, so it should be generating a lot more now - nearly £9 per month!
Mind you, even if it had been installed in a better location, it would have produced less than £20 a month at best...
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Well, the location is completely wrong.
It's out there where people can see it, provoking them to ask questions about it.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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