Saying that COBOL is not part of the OS is not the same as saying it is not heavily used. Regardless of its ugliness or beauty, any given compoenent is either part of the OS or not. And I also believe that COBOL is not. .
Bill Fairchild Franklin, TN “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder acceptable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind.” [George Orwell] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted MacNEIL" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 3, 2013 9:41:00 AM Subject: Re: REFRPROT History Question >To wit, nowadays, the absence in z/OS of complete support for 64-bit virtual. (The less said of COBOL the better; it's not part of the OS.) Nice blinders-on statement! COBOL may be one of the ugliest languages around, but it's also (still, I believe) the most heavily used! Why not cater to your largest user base? - Ted MacNEIL [email protected] Twitter: @TedMacNEIL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
