Let's say I agree with your premise that it needs to be ported. Okay, now the question becomes ported to what? Every language has its pluses and minuses as well as its backers and detractors. If you port it to language X, immediately someone will be talking about the tragedy and lost opportunity of going to language X. Come on people! The software is written and it works!

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I am a programmer who has worked in C, COBOL, C#, VB, and MUMPS. One BIG drawback of the new languages is the rate of change. Programmers working in MUMPS or COBOL can spend 100% of their time programming. In the "new" world, if you are using Java or one of the .Net languages then 10%-40% of your programming budget is spent keeping up with the latest version, bug fixes, etc. If memory serves, this started with C++. Before C++ compilers pretty much always worked. Occaisionally there was a bug, but those were understood because they were rare. Today people writing the code are not sure if the compiler works or they just don't understand it.

Best Always...Malcolm