19 Mar
2017
19 Mar
'17
10:42 a.m.
On 19 Mar 2017, at 16:14 , Paul Koning via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Given that C++ is the object-oriented descendant of C, one might expect object-oriented
COBOL to be named "ADD 1 TO COBOL". In my opinion, the object-oriented successor
to COBOL is called Java - it's similarly verbose, and like COBOL, originally intended
for average, fungible programmers.
On Mar 19, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Bill Gunshannon via
cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
...
That's because, unlike the COBOL Professionals, the Fortran people drank from
the OO KoolAid.
Speaking of OO and COBOL, a colleage of mine has a button with the text "ADD 1 TO
COBOL".
paul