TATA Steel Express - Second Sitting sasta bhi, sabse achha bhi - Ravi Raj

Entry# 1315809

I have question. Pardon me if I sound too dumb. I wish to know what system does IR use at their PRS counters to reserve tickets? It looks like a DOS based user interface. Is that true? Or do they use some other technology on front end?

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Dec 21 2014 (22:01)

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@1315809-2 @railfan.z^~

But AFAIK "DOS" doesn't support multi-user or multi-tasking.

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Dec 21 2014 (22:01)

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@1315809-2 @railfan.z^~

I don't know if it's a VT terminal or DOS. Both look so similar. Can someone throw more light on this?

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Dec 21 2014 (22:06)

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@1315809-3 @12658ChennaiMail^~

Going by Wikipedia, the UI is written in C and Fortran (both obsolete). Why don't they consider upgrading to a better UI application/system?
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Dec 21 2014 (22:11)

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@1315809-5 @Prashant Mishra

"C" is still used I believe, but in upgraded form of C++; as u mentioned, I hv not seen anyone using FORTRAN.

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Dec 21 2014 (22:14)

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@1315809-6 @12658ChennaiMail^~

C is used majorly,only in Linux kernels. I've not seen any other major program using C. However, the larger question is the exact technology they use, and why do they not upgrade it?