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I started coding in the 80's and many people would deride my expertise in BASIC, whether it was on an IBM PC or on a DEC PDP-11 or DEC VAX. If you weren't codin

I started coding in the 80's and many people would deride my expertise in BASIC, whether it was on an IBM PC or on a DEC PDP-11 or DEC VAX. If you weren't coding in C and later C++, you just weren't a "real" programmer. So all I have to say is...one of my clients in 1991 is still running the payroll reporting system I wrote....in Microsoft Professional Development System...which was BASIC. I've since learned OO, C, C#, scripting, and all the new stuff, but BASIC is where I started.

seanmcdirmid 12y ago
My first internship (circa 1995) had me writing an email support system for IBM in...Lotus Notes Script. It was still alive and kicking in 2000 when I checked back on it (given that OS/2 is no longer alive, I doubt it is now).
- stan_rogers 12y ago
  No OS-related reason why it shouldn't be; Notes will run happily on Windows, OS X and Linux. It may even have been webbified (not particularly difficult from R5 onward, and really quite easy since Domino 8.x).
  - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
    The project was done for OS/2 device driver developer support, so I'm guessing it is not around for that reason.