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What? Strategic How? What flexibility? Gregory A. Garner Garner Data Systems, Inc 4270 Grand Teton Parkway Suwanee, GA 30024 Phone: 770 845 9636 Fax:770 614 3496 -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of brian Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:35 PM To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Subject: Re: Trend towards platform specific languages I think platform nonspecificity is important from a strategic standpoint. If your software can "live" anywhere, its chances of long-term survival are better than if it is the software equivalent of a panda. Coding in platform nonspecific languages does not limit future options in the same way that coding in a language that only runs on, say, AS/400 would. Buying this agility and flexibility may cost you some runtime efficiency, but I think the general opinion is that this is a good trade in the long term.
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