On Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:11:56 -0400, Ted MacNEIL wrote: >Why is it so ludicrous? The USDOD did develop COBOL for some reasom. > And a generation later, they likewise required ADA. I don't know if that was ever countermanded.
I know a programmer who argued that his assignment could not be accomplished in ADA. He was given an exemption and allowed to use assembler. >� Original Message � >From: zMan >Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 11:28 > >"*The Department of Defense even decreed that all businesses must run on >COBOL in the 1960s.*" >A ludicrous assertion. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
