I did COBOL at Polytechnic. It wasn't until after I had finished the course that I discovered you didn't have to use capitals all the time and that you could use * instead of writing MULTIPLY. The tutors said that's they way it had to be done (that was how they did it in the 60s before the * / + - symbols were added to COBOL is suspect).
Talk about dinosaurs. Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 8:37 AM Subject: RE: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Almost p*ssed myself when I read that. I work with some > COBOL heads. They are the worst kind of dinosaur, too stubborn to know > they're dead and too belligerent to learn anything new. > > Things like, "I can't really see anything different between COBOL and OO", > or the classic, "I can do that in COBOL" -- yes you probably can, but the > fact it takes a week to do, where it would take 2-3 hours in something > else.... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Neven MacEwan > Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 10:59 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List > Subject: Re: [DUG] [OFF-TOPIC] Fortran > > and the fact that people still use Cobol > (something something Business Oriented Language) and nobody uses Fortran is > indicative of the fact that engineers are smarter than accountants (and > therefore > know when to move on) > > HTH > > Neven > > > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
