barryw@pesnta.UUCP (Barry Wenger) (07/11/85)
[*** munch a' bunch o' bytes, ole! ***] C...C....COBOL ?!?!?!?!? You mean.... Cumbersome Obsolote Batch Oriented Language ............no sig.................
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. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Seth H Zirin UUCP: {decvax, ihnp4}!philabs!sbcs!megad!seth Keeper of the News for megad