John Gilmore wrote: "The viability of mainframes will not be ensured by adhering to wornout, anyway adventitious conventions. Colonel Blimps are unattractive figures wherever they are found."
"p.s. These arguments apply mutatis mutandis to COBOL source programs too." Ah, the advantages of a proper Latin-based English education. I'm betting that Mr. Gilmore, to his credit and benefit, did not attend public school, at least not in the U.S. His words are much more descriptive than the "path of least resistance" and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" colloquialisms more common in the general blogosphere. John may enjoy (or vehemently detest) the link: colloquialistic-vermouth as a hedonistic diversion to the often arid, esoteric threads in this list. Thank you for your contributions
