Ewart North wrote:

> A UK University had this problem with the "C" company many years ago.
>  They then decided no more development in "Q..." etc and promptly
> bought a runtime licence for the software for the existing small
> machine.  All new development was then done using other tools but the
> existing "Q.."  code continued to run until eventually replaced.  My
> understanding was that the runtime licence was not expensive (bur all
> things are relative!)

That isn't a bad idea, but for many shops it would require a painful
conversion to "complied" PH, but not nearly so painful as the alternative.

If combined with some "time/share" access to a PH development machine for the
occasional necessary maintenance (when re-writing just will take too long),
it might really be a winnner.  Sounds to me like another market opportunity
(hosting a PH development enviornment for those who can't afford to maintain
a development license).

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