I had one job in '77 -- working with a Cobol Program on cards -- all 4 boxes of it.
We were getting about 8-11 hour turnaround on compile/test runs. That is, put the box in and wait 8 to 11 hours for the output. One typo on a punched card would really get one in a tizzy. I hated Cobol. It was Sooooooooooooooooo inelegent compared to my first language Algol and the first language I made a living with -- Fortran (before they started putting numbers after it). Vince Teachout wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: > >> I wrote both Fortran and Cobol using punched cards. I wrote Basic on >> a teletype (paper) display with punched paper tape as my storage. >> >> > > COBOL using punched cards?!!!!! OMG, it was wordy enough on screen. Do > you still have nightmares where you're in Hell, punching COBOL cards? > "In Every Damn Program." > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
