>PS I guess that Ice Kobolds programmed in SNOBAL, others spoke with a LISP,
>and all of us were playing an RPG, looking for Perls and other treasure,
>skipping school and getting C's in class(es)
>
>How's that for programming language alliteration?
Not bad, but I think you missed out on the
>>Dean Theophilou [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote
>>Yes, that's right, but they program in "Kobol". :))
Then how do they keep all those variables that you have to declare in Cobol
(you can't just use a variable in a print out, if you want to suppress zeros
and stuff like that). I could never keep all
Yes, that's right, but they program in "Kobol". :))
Dean (I, too, played wyyy to much AD&D).
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From: Gene Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:44 AM
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Subject: RE: [drifting OT
From: Gene Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 11:44 AM
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>>>Dean Theophilou Genisar wrote:
>>>The only good thing about the nasty little Kobols are that
>>>Dean Theophilou Genisar wrote:
>>>The only good thing about the nasty little Kobols are that they have
>>>only 1-4 hit points (if I remember correctly). :))
That would be Kobolds, which have 1/2 hit die (1-4 hit points), have faces
like dogs and bark like them...
Gene (who played way too mu
The only good thing about the nasty little Kobols are that they have only
1-4 hit points (if I remember correctly). :))
Dean Theophilou
Genisar.
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From: Gary Stainburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 1:24 AM
To: jim-ryan; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Su
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 09:24:12AM +0100, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> And what's wrong with COBOL?
[snip]
> COBOL is great where it's meant to be, developing business systems ( provided
> you're a fast typer).
Of course, if you really have to write COBOL, you get Perl to generate
it for you
Personally I'm an RPG (as400) man myself. ;-) Isn't 'serious cobol' an oxymoron
these days?
Gary Stainburn wrote:
> And what's wrong with COBOL?
>
> It enabled a team of never more than 4 programmers to develop a totally
> in-house Dealer management system for a Ford Main Dealer Group, over a 10
