17 Feb
2015
17 Feb
'15
1:53 p.m.
Indeed; given the choice I think I'd much rather
modify an old file-handling report-printing
business program written in COBOL than most other
languages...
I mean, what could be simpler and more
self-documenting:
http://www.google.com/doodles/grace-hoppers-107th-birthday
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Foust" <jfoust at threedee.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:29 PM
Subject: Re: Rich kids are into COBOL
At 01:02 PM 2/17/2015, Ethan Dicks wrote:
What I read horrified me. How could anything be
that mind-crushingly
verbose?
As compared to purposefully terse C one-liners?
:-)
- John