Rich kids are into COBOL

Dave G4UGM dave.g4ugm at gmail.com
Tue Feb 17 17:44:07 CST 2015



> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ben
> Sent: 17 February 2015 22:40
> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Rich kids are into COBOL
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> On 2/17/2015 3:18 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
> 
> > Somebody else, WHO???, said that FORTRAN was more portable than
> syphilis.
> >
> 
> Was FORTRAN portable or did most jobs fit only the large mainframes at the
> time?

So long as it wasn't DEC Fortran it was portable.....


> Ben.
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