>>>>That said, when presented with projects that allow me to choose the language I want to use, I choose C# simply because it offers the client more opportunities to get support should I decide to change careers and become an astronaut.
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>>>If that's the aim rewrite the whole show in COBOL then. At least that one has shown some staying power. ;)
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>>Yes, it certainly has. RPG is still hanging on as well.
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>I had a small project, many moons ago, using RPG on a system 34. THAT was painful :)

That sounds like RPGII that you were writing on the system 34. It was gruesome.
RPGIII was quite a different language though.
It was developed by some IBM programmers at what was then called a "skunkworks" and it quickly attracted a cult following that's still strong today.
The name RPGIII was unfortunate. It never shook off the taint of earlier RPG's.
Its latest version is at the heart of the AS400 platform.