18 Jun
2026
18 Jun
'26
7:31 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 3:09 AM Johan Helsingius via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Sure. I was thinking of a completely new project in a start-from-scratch
environment, not one with a lot of legacy.
By that definition, most programming is legacy programming, particularly in
an enterprise setting. Most of us don't green-field everything every time
a new project starts. By what I'd consider a more reasonable definition
our COBOL folks are starting new projects like "create Zelle service" or
"enable custodianship of digital assets" even though those things are
intimately bound to existing infrastructure. But I will concede that if
you define 'new COBOL project' as "First you buy a new mainframe that runs
nothing we're previously written...", then you get to be right.
I was with you until that silly slur.
One mans pointed correction is another mans slur. You should assume (and
respect the fact) that many of us have been on this list since the 1990s
and don't need to be condescended to with regards to list etiquette.