Yes. Without all the END-??? statements. On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 5:46 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > Wouldn't that be VSCOBOL, well beyond CODASYL? > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > Mike Schwab [mike.a.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 1:42 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Old Code Gets Younger Every Year - Marianne Bellotti - Medium > > Our shop had one agency still running report writer reports using the > free built in version (78?). > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 3:47 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > > > Ultimately it's a management issue common to all languages: if programmers > > are not required to document and to keep documentation up to date, or, > > worse, are prohibited from "wasting time" doing so, there will be > > downstream consequences. In the case of COBOL there is also the pernicious > > myth that it is self documenting - no language is. > > > > BTW, is there any shop still using CODASYL COBOL? > > > > > > -- > > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of > > Mark Regan [marktre...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 11:16 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Old Code Gets Younger Every Year - Marianne Bellotti - Medium > > > > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1b-5A-k6m87QTuqyzbtnQj11SHVaJXaKjTnUPxpdSFiuZdewfEpzGWXFrNQU429jqXYBeZ4hkAlxT3dwOqilF88CSRyW-_NgSwlWsyj7sRwwUDLDv42jM5to-s_cB2PwkNZOAwdlREnOqHj8Z5NG_geFUVQiQSalS9G2b_-Vv-lOmNzr1w2DoxFhTgpEe1vl5WSMDwwChgYvdh2p8moci0AHnOb23dU-X5x1IgQZDBRRWxQV7SL-iUr-bBmPkjtCWqW5OoUGnpWYfYAgHKjgsIN0yd7RfpAuQstdzLgyxmoxhUXAMW7tz8nsr8yvioxLnon7_S31Bq7HViahTEIhK-n_F46JT4alOq53UrcW0QmMxL-X7nuNlhvhzy61B2WLAnBwT-dikGqH-DzsncM4a7jNKW-_Ok9sJM1Ef0H7sZ3n0XN5RiQm2VQ-pLaCJ3jGR_jCvq8GbbjxaqhnwgjHgAw/https%3A%2F%2Fmedium.com%2F%40bellmar%2Fold-code-gets-younger-every-year-3bd24c7f2262 > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark T. Regan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
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