I was told
If it executes

   1. a million times a second - write in assembler
   2. a thousand times a second write it in cobol or C
   3. once a second - write it in Java
   4. Else /bash/rexx/

Though if it executes once a year and runs for a week- I might look at C

Colin

On Fri, 8 Jul 2022 at 15:52, Dave Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> Timothy Sipples said:
>
> "Which leads to an interesting thought exercise. In 2022 if you're trying
> to choose a programming language for business application programming that
> stands the best chance of being durable (being realistically maintainable,
> extendable, enhance-able) for the next 40+ years — a common requirement for
> many high value, nontrivial business applications — what programming
> language would you choose? I suggest Enterprise COBOL ought to be a
> candidate. (Any other nominations?)"
>
> Enterprise PL/I, of course. :-)
> DJ
>
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