John Gilmore wrote: <begin extract> In particular, changing programming languages seldom helps unless the people using them are changed too and everything is redesigned. C functions, say, turn out to be COBOL programs tricked out with brackets, braces and semicolons. <end extract>
Or (far worse) COBOL programs tricked out with incomprehensively short paragraph names and a spaghetti-mess GOTO structure exactly reflecting the original non-structured assembler idioms. And 2-character flag names reused throughout the code with different meanings in different places. BTDTGTTS, far too often in my career. Peter -- This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
