From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,4b06f8f15f01a568 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,9a0ff0bffdf63657 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Ell Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops) Date: 1998/09/19 Message-ID: <6vDM1.1245$%85.285278239@newsreader.digex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 392593984 References: <6rf59b$2ud$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6sjnlu$83l$1@hirame.wwa.com> <6skfs7$2s6$1@hirame.wwa.com> <35F252DD.5187538@earthlink.net> <6t4dge$t8u$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6t5mtp$4ho$1@news.indigo.ie> <35FFE58C.5727@ibm.net> <6tqvji$f0k$2@news.indigo.ie> <6ts4d0$2gk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <6ttg0o$9kb$2@news.indigo.ie> <3602983C.62B1@ibm.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@digex.net X-Trace: newsreader.digex.net 906167362 205.197.245.196 (Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:09:22 EDT) Organization: The Universe User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/4.1.4 (sun4m)) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:09:22 EDT Newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada Date: 1998-09-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In comp.object Biju Thomas <"Biju Thomas"> wrote: : : Gerry Quinn wrote: :> :> I don't quite understand how a non-mathematical person would :> understand trans-Cantorian infinities. It sounds like a :> non-programming person understanding Cobol. :> : Wasn't COBOL designed to enable no-programmer's to write programs? Grace Hopper the creator of COBOL, who I saw once and who I've heard speak a number of times, said that she wanted to formulate a language well suited to the heavy record and regular math calculation intensive demands of large business and organizational processing. In that, I find that she succeded quite admirably. I find the "look and feel" of a COBOL program which adheres to proper structured guidelines to be a joy to behold (ie. when I look at my own COBOL code :-) I know people who are great assembler, C and C++ programmers who also excel at and enjoy COBOL programming. Elliott -- :=***=: VOTE NO TO MODERATION! ALL IDEAS SHOULD BE CRITICIZABLE! :=***=: MODERATORS SHOULD NOT HAVE LIFETIME TERMS! :=***=: Objective * Pre-code Modelling * Holistic :=***=: Hallmarks of the best SW Engineering Check out SW Modeller vs SW Craftite Central : www.access.digex.net/~ell Copyright 1998 Elliott. exclusive of others' writing. may be copied without permission only in the comp.* usenet and bitnet groups.