At the government agency where I work and at others that I know of, in Wasington DC and in Baltimore area there are plenty of programmers still writing COBOL programs -------------- Original message from "Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: --------------
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > And people wonder why the Education system in this country is a mess? > > With idiots like teaching no wonder. All the COBOL > > programmers retired "centuries ago" yet there are still > > (some) schools teaching COBOL. I guess mathematics and logic > > are no longer required to become a Computer Science > > Professor, since COBOL hasn't even existed for one century, > > let alone multiple. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > Don't even get me started on the woes of the education system > > here. When second-graders are permitted to use calculators > > for arithmetic........ > > (As they are here!) > > > > Common sense is becomming a very uncommon virtue. In > > California, I think it's already extinct. > > Indeed, I think "common sense" has replaced "military intelligence" as > the prototypical oxymoron. > > -jc- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
