And the arguable flaws in Peoplesoft are not related to the choice of language. COBOL has lasted so long because if is a very simple language that is designed for record processing and is very good at it. IMHO -- Mark D Powell -- -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nuno Souto Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:30 AM Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: compilers and oracle 11g Goulet, Richard wrote,on my timestamp of 20/03/2010 12:31 AM: > I do believe that if you installed the 64 bit database binaries > then the 64 bit compatible pre compiler was installed as well. > Regrettably Yes, that is the case. > > BTW: who uses Cobol any more??? Another shadow from the dark side. Pssst: (<lowvoice> Peoplesoft -an Oracle product- is mostly written in Cobol) -- Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l