27 Nov
2007
27 Nov
'07
7:58 p.m.
Hi,
Besides, where would you find a COBOL compiler for a
peecee or whatever else....
Microsift....they certainly produced one for MS-DOS (dunno if there was ever
a "VisualCOBOL" though).
....Here's a question - what 8-bitters (or defunct
16-bitters, Atari, Amiga, you know, the common stuff)
had COBOL available?
There were several compilers which ran under CP/M, "CIS-COBOL" was one I
used while at polytechnic (on SuperBrain IIs).
"FaST COBOL" ran on the Atari ST, along with "Nevada(?) COBOL".
I've never come across a COBOL compiler for the 8-bit Atari, I had a thing
in those days about learning almost every programming language I could so
had a *LOT* of compilers/interpreters for my Atari, but that doesn't mean
there wasn't one out there somewhere.
A smattering of assembly language to begin with
maybe. That's something someone will learn only if
they want to. Lots of people have problems with it.
<desperately....holding....back....from....commenting.... - oh, stuff it>
Yes, and those are PRECISELY the sort of people who have no business being
computer programmers, IMHO; I.E. they couldn't program their way out of a
wet paper bag.
TTFN - Pete.