From: congee@mindspring.com (Deric Cheng)
Subject: Re: 'Money wanted' algorithm (Cobol version)
Date: 1996/12/31
Date: 1996-12-31T18:45:51+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5abn0v$jq8@camel5.mindspring.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bbf724$2fa0c7d0$c318b993@jarvisb
"Bob Jarvis" <nospam@thankyou.net> wrote:
>Renegade <renegade@dwx.com> wrote in article <32c8f428.76407842@news.dwx.com>...
>> congee@mindspring.com (Deric Cheng) wrote:
>> > (pseudocode and Pascal deleted for brevity)
>> >Hey that's cool can you do it in Cobol?
>>
>> Sure:
>The code in this program does not conform to Corporate Standards and
>must be rewritten prior to being stored permanently in the Corporate Library.
>Please consult the appropriate documentation (ref. CorpStan 01-R97301
>"Standards For Corporate Software and Other Anal-Retentive Stuff"), revise
>your program, and resubmit. In particular the following areas requiring revision
>have been noted:
~snip~ cut to conserve bandwidth
hope that's not against any corpstanses.
>Your continued complaints about administration are being duly noted and
>recorded. Please enunciate clearly and speak into the microphone. There
>is no need to panic (ref. CorpStan 01-666 "Panic - Requirements For").
>Remember - the word "standard" is morally and intellectually equivalent to
>"religious rite".
>:-)
>--
>Bob Jarvis
>Mail addresses hacked to foil automailers!
>Send replies to jarvisb@timken.com
Whow this guy is cool. Makes a good Dilbert comic. =)
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-12-30 0:00 'Money wanted' algorithm (Cobol version) Doug Miller
1996-12-30 0:00 ` Sundial Services
1996-12-30 0:00 ` Renegade
1996-12-30 0:00 ` Bill Haverberg
1996-12-30 0:00 ` 'Money wanted' algorithm (Lisp version) Ken Tilton
1996-12-31 0:00 ` 'Money wanted' algorithm (Cobol version) Bob Jarvis
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Deric Cheng [this message]
1996-12-30 0:00 ` Beldraen
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Constantinos A. Kotsokalis
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Brad Dale
[not found] ` <32C988BA.427D@dynasty.net>
1997-01-01 0:00 ` Pae Choi
1996-12-31 0:00 ` Robin Becker
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