"Steve Holden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED],..eb.com> wrote:

> The trouble there, though, is that although COBOL was comprehensible (to 
> a degree) relatively few people have the rigor of thought necessary to 
> construct, or even understand, an algorithm of any kind.

This is true - and in my experience the competent people come in two classes -
those that are good at mathematics, and those that are good at languages.

If you find someone good at both, employ her.

- Hendrik



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