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From: "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@n_o_p_o_r_k_a_n_d_h_a_m.abyss2.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: New Ada book ...
Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 18:49:45 +0100
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On Tue, 25 May 2004 01:20:33 +0000, Jeffrey Carter wrote:

> Luke A. Guest wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 May 2004 01:59:07 -0500, sk wrote:
>> 
>>>http://bbspot.com/News/2004/05/top_11_computer_guides.html
>>>
>>>... or maybe not :-)
>> 
>> You're more likely to see #3 for Ada, never for COBOL.
> 
> Actually, I've written games in both.

I understand using Ada, but why COBOL? And what was it? That's just
strange.