On Sunday 08 August 2010 22:29:16 Georgios Magklaras wrote: > On 08/07/2010 03:33 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote: > > Back when we discussed the "NASA Uses Python" in April, 2008, I said > > that: > > > > [quote] > > However, this thread gave me a really wicked idea for a parody site (not > > just of http://www.python.org/ of course), which I'm planning to take > > forward. [/quote] > > > > ( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.advocacy/2008/04/msg2394.html ) > > > > Now, due to some recent developments, I feel that I've kinda missed its > > boat, but I still set up a page which contains my old ideas: > > > > http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/COBOL-the-New-Age-Programming-Langu > > age/ > > > > So now it's official - "NASA Uses COBOL". Hope you enjoy it. > > > > Regards, > > > > Shlomi Fish > > "NASA Uses COBOL. > > And so do: > > * Your bank.... > ... > COBOL is the old JAVA" > > Actually, that's why I am worried about JAVA and changed my bank. The > new one does not use JAVA to authenticate me to the net bank. >
Java's name is not spelled "JAVA" with all-capitals - just "Java" (with an initial capital letter). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29 In case you didn't get the joke, "COBOL is the old Java" is a twist on the "Java is the new COBOL" meme. I'm sorry to hear about your bank, but I also switched banks because my old bank's site hadn't supported Firefox. Regards, Shlomi Fish > "... > COBOL has an Object-Oriented Programming extension called "ADD 1 TO > COBOL GIVING COBOL". > > So, ehmmm, "MUL 1 times COBOL GIVING EMPTY OBJECT" :-) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Rethinking CPAN - http://shlom.in/rethinking-cpan God considered inflicting XSLT as the tenth plague of Egypt, but then decided against it because he thought it would be too evil. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
