Last time I did any COBOL was when I was a Uni and that was when they though there might have been a market for fixing year 2000 issues!!
-----Original Message----- From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 21 April 2008 15:43 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hello world? Since I cut my teeth on COBOL on an IBM 360/25: 000100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. 000200 PROGRAM-ID. HELLOWORLD. 000300 000400* 000500 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. 000600 CONFIGURATION SECTION. 000700 SOURCE-COMPUTER. IBM-360-I25. (Webster: we had an advanced 360 with 512K of core) 000800 OBJECT-COMPUTER. IBM-360-I25. 000900 001000 DATA DIVISION. 001100 FILE SECTION. 001200 100000 PROCEDURE DIVISION. 100100 100200 MAIN-LOGIC SECTION. 100300 BEGIN. 100400 DISPLAY " " LINE 1 POSITION 1 ERASE EOS. 100500 DISPLAY "Hello world!" LINE 15 POSITION 10. 100600 STOP RUN. 100700 MAIN-LOGIC-EXIT. 100800 EXIT. Since I no longer have a COBOL compiler, and one did not come with Visual Studio 2008, I will have to trust my memory on this. But it has been 19 years and 10 months since I wrote a single line of COBOL <sniff, sniff>. Webster From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hello world? “Hello world!” I don’t think most people would’ve gotten that it was PowerShell. So, I made a conscious decision to use C. ☺ Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Webster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hello world? ??? That is not PowerShell! ☺ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Hello world? void main() { Puts (“Hello world!\n”); } Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Hello world? Shook http://www.linkedin.com/in/andyshook ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ The information contained in this E-Mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and is intended solely for the intended recipient(s). The information in this communication may be confidential and/or legally privileged. Nothing in this e-mail is intended to conclude a contract on behalf of QinetiQ or make QinetiQ subject to any other legally binding commitments, unless the e-mail contains an express statement to the contrary or incorporates a formal Purchase Order. For those other than the recipient any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on such information is prohibited and may be unlawful. Emails and other electronic communication with QinetiQ may be monitored and recorded for business purposes including security, audit and archival purposes. Any response to this email indicates consent to this. Telephone calls to QinetiQ may be monitored or recorded for quality control, security and other business purposes. QinetiQ Limited Registered in England & Wales: Company Number:3796233 Registered office: 85 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6PD, United Kingdom Trading address: Cody Technology Park, Cody Building, Ively Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, GU14 0LX, United Kingdom http://www.QinetiQ.com/home/legal.html ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
