On 8 Aug 2008 at 21:15, Doc Shipley wrote:
He also says, at 49 years old, that he'll
dig ditches at minimum wage
before he goes back to COBOL.
Hmmm, goes back to what Eric said about Ada. COBOL imposes its own
rigor. And remembering all of the variants on the some of the verbs
(e.g. INSPECT) is enough to give you a headache. But other aspects
are pretty cool.
I could understand a C programmer having issues with COBOL.
Oh, he's not/wasn't a C programmer.
He's just like me, a mechanic fallen in with a bad crowd. :)
Doc