Not sure of what you mean, but batch processing is still pretty useful. I happen to work on a project which has batch running 10 hours a day, processing complex

Not sure of what you mean, but batch processing is still pretty useful. I happen to work on a project which has batch running 10 hours a day, processing complex business cases, calling dozens of web services, etc. This could absolutely not be made in real time. Or maybe you said that 1970's batch were inferior to today's batch. In which case I'd be happy to read what non-superficial differences exist...