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Subject: Re: Is RPG dying
From: Evan Harris <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:19:02 +1300
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Interesting idea. Losing the source would be fatal for an interpreted language.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:04 AM, Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I should clarify a bit. "Modern languages" are slowly eating away at RPG's
market share, but I'd like to see how many of the "modern languages" have a
shelf life that RPG does. Anyone know of any PHP applications that are 20+
years old that are unmodified ( that is no bug fixes) and heck, we lost the
source for it and STILL WORKS ON A UP-TO-DATE SYSTEM?

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