From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/16/2025 8:28 PM, Robert B. Carleton wrote:   
   > On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 19:24:48 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>> I'm not much of a coder, but I assume that rewriting code already using   
   >>> index-sequential files would be a non-starter for some. Maybe VSI can   
   >>> maneuver this situation into something like IBM has with their data   
   >>> sets.   
   >>> New development incrementally modernizing these systems, rather than   
   >>> replacing them.   
   >>   
   >> Index-sequential files in Pascal, Basic and Cobol are pretty slick in my   
   >> opinion.   
   >>   
   >> What type of modernization do you want?   
   >   
   > I actually meant more like updating code without dramatically changing the   
   > underlying storage. Keeping up with compiler and API changes, maybe taking   
   > advantage of new features in both. Adding API access for web and phone   
   > apps if it doesn't already exist, or updating it if that kind of access   
   > needs improvement.   
      
   You can do web applications and web services on VMS.   
      
   VMS does not have the same number of choices as Linux and Windows,   
   but there are some options.   
      
   ZF/Luminas (PHP), Slim (PHP), Flask (Python), Grails (Groovy),   
   Spring MVC (Java), Jersey (Java), JSF (Java) and Ktor (Kotlin)   
   are some of the modern options that I know do run on VMS.   
      
   And with the exception of PHP, then I know that they can   
   access index-sequential files.   
      
   As said in the well-known Nike ad: JUST DO IT.   
      
   Arne   
      
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