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Jay Maynard wrote:
>
> I'm currently doing a medium-sized project in Delphi.
>
> No, this isn't a systems programming job; it's a payroll system,
> which is being developed from scratch due to some *highly* unusual
> requirements. (This company's chart of accounts is 77,000 long, 95%
> of which is payroll-related for 450 employees.)

   One word:  "COBOL".

   In a few more: "The right tool for the job."

   True enough, C isn't the best tool for business-oriented (like
payroll, for instance) applications; it's too simple for the task
(and before somebody takes me to task for that, try programming a
payroll in both C and COBOL and see which makes more sense at the
end of the day).

   Then again, COBOL is not that useful for programming systems in
(although I have seen several good games done in it).

   There is room for more than one programming language on the
planet, you know.  That said, I agree that Pascal is little more
than a "toy" language and that the expenditure in time of under-
graduates learning it would be much better spent elsewhere.

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