From: Jeffrey Carter <spam@spam.com>
Subject: Re: New Ada book ...
Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 01:46:46 GMT
Date: 2004-05-27T01:46:46+00:00 [thread overview]
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Luke A. Guest wrote:
> I understand using Ada, but why COBOL? And what was it? That's just
> strange.
It is strange. At the time (1983) I was sitting idle while a supplier
corrected an error in their software that my software talked to. I had
only COBOL and assembler available, so I chose COBOL. It was a version
of Mancala/Wari/Awari. I may still have a listing lying around somewhere.
--
Jeff Carter
"Oh Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou
mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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2004-05-24 6:59 New Ada book sk
2004-05-24 20:58 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-05-25 1:20 ` Jeffrey Carter
2004-05-26 17:49 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-05-27 1:46 ` Jeffrey Carter [this message]
2004-05-27 18:30 ` Luke A. Guest
2004-06-06 10:06 ` I R T
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