In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
on 03/22/2006
at 03:00 PM, Jon Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>Can't buy this. Sure, there are large portions of COBOL that do not
>conform to English grammar, but that is to be expected in any
>formalized computer language.
What is not to be expected is gratuitous deviations from the
conventions of natural languages. The use of, e.g., 77, 78, as magic
numbers is *NOT* the sort of deviation from English grammar that is to
be expected in any formalized computer language. Similarly for the
bizarre behavior of COMMENT.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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