[net.unix] COBOL anecdotes wanted

barryw@pesnta.UUCP (Barry Wenger) (07/11/85)

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	C...C....COBOL ?!?!?!?!?
	You mean....
	          
	Cumbersome
	Obsolote
	Batch
	Oriented
	Language

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twb@hoqam.UUCP (BEATTIE) (07/12/85)

> 	C...C....COBOL ?!?!?!?!?
> 	You mean....
> 	          
> 	Cumbersome
> 	Obsolote
> 	Batch
> 	Oriented
> 	Language
> 
> ............no sig.................


I believe it was E.W. Dijkstra in 1982 who said:

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind;
its teaching should, therefore,
be considered as a criminal offence"

Tom.
..!{ihnp4|hou2g|allegra|mhuxh}!hoqam!twb

And now for something completely different:

PIYAN (pi' an) - n. (acronym: "Plus If You Act Now") Any
miscellaneous item thrown in on a late night television ad.

seth@megad.UUCP (Seth H Zirin) (07/15/85)

> 	Cumbersome
> 	Obsolote
> 	Batch
> 	Oriented
> 	Language

 	Cripples
 	Our
 	Brains
 	Obsoletes
 	Lives


	Colossal
	Obsolete
	Bastardization
	Of
	Language

Nobody programs in Cobol anymore, its simply included in some Unix distributions
to help sell bigger disks.
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