6 Aug
2008
6 Aug
'08
10:22 a.m.
>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Guzis
<cclist at sydex.com> writes:
Chuck> On 6 Aug 2008 at 10:08, Paul Koning wrote:
> Are you sure that COBOL ran on a PPU? I can't
imagine a reason
> for doing that, other than as a "watch this" stunt. On the other
> hand, Cobol on a 6000 CPU would be sensible and useful.
Chuck> Dead sure--that's what makes it so interesting. The guy and a
Chuck> cohort did it as a "stunt" project for a CDC VP (of which
Chuck> there were many). He was not a CDC employee, but an outside
Chuck> consultant under contract. He went back pretty far with
Chuck> COBOL--he was part of the original IBM COMTRAN group. A very
Chuck> colorful character.
Interesting. I forwarded your previous note to the "controlfreaks"
list, which is home to a lot of people with major CDC expertise, and
they all mentioned the Cobol products (for the CPU) but wouldn't
believe a PPU edition.
Do you have any names?
paul