Not only did I do COBOL for a number of years, I did COBOL on old TRS-80s (remember those?), early PCs (80286), and XENIX systems. The interesting thing about the XENIX system (Unix clone) I used was that it was licensed from Microsoft!!!

While in school, instead of waiting for days to get my programs punched on cards, and then days for my program to get run and get my printout back, I wrote, compiled and testing my COBOL programs on my TRS-80 Model 1 Computer (2 80KB floppy drives, 48KB memory, no hard disk). Now I am showing my age.

So, Microsoft, even before Linux came to be, had a Unix system of their own. Hmmm. Something to think about.

Bob Ackerman


John Morley wrote:


Showed your age? Hardly. Here in my department at Boeing, I'm LITERALLY the only programmer who has never written a line of COBOL. It just won't die.

David Morley


Bob Ackerman wrote:





That is a old and funny joke. I have seen similar cartoons with code in BASIC, COBOL and even FORTRAN. Still, I laugh everytime. (I guess I

just

gave my age).

Bob Ackerman


Justin West wrote:




Hilarious! :)


Nathaniel Green wrote:







I really like this, so you should too:

http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/2003/10/03/

Nate

PS - Tshirt?


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