[Default] On 16 Jul 2020 10:34:40 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Seymour J Metz) wrote:
>The claim that COBOL is English like is every bit as bogus as the claim that >rewriting existing COBOL applications in another language will magically fix >problems of underfunding, understaffing and general mismanagement. Looking at some of the comment I have seen in Assembler code including my own, COBOL code is close to the syntax of those comments. Clark Morris > >BTW, when the language du jour is out of fashion, will they want to rewrite >the application again, with the same pretext? And will they ensure that this >time they have adequate documentation and adequate configuration control? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
