On 17/09/21 11:22, Rob Sargent wrote:
As far as alter, in 1981, before I became a programmer, I asked my
Cobol Programmer friend if there was anything you could put in a
program that would get you fired. He said yes, the alter statement :-).
In my 3 semesters of Cobol, I never once used the Alte
As far as alter, in 1981, before I became a programmer, I asked my
Cobol Programmer friend if there was anything you could put in a
program that would get you fired. He said yes, the alter statement :-).
In my 3 semesters of Cobol, I never once used the Alter statement.
[...]
I was very proud
On 16/09/21 04:52, Steve Litt wrote:
Gavin Flower said on Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:49:39 +1200
Hi Michael,
[snip]
COBOL has strange verbs like 'move corresponding' that could
accomplish complicated tasks in a few lines but you have to be
careful that you knew what you were asking for!
In our sit
One of the grad students in the computer center had a sign on his wall:
God is real, but Man is only an integer.
--
Mike Nolan
On 16 Sep 2021, at 9:31, Gavin Flower wrote:
> would assign the value of 42 to x.
>
Which brings up another topic, e.g.,
https://news.mit.edu/2019/answer-life-universe-and-everything-sum-three-cubes-mathematics-0910
> Never tried it, I now wish I had!
>
You could see if it’s accurately emulated
On 16/09/21 05:47, Michael Nolan wrote:
When I was working at the help desk at the computer center as an
undergrad, the professor in charge of that group used to give us
interesting little language tests for things we needed to watch out
for, especially with beginning programmers.
One of his
On 9/15/21 11:52 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
Gavin Flower said on Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:49:39 +1200
Hi Michael,
[snip]
COBOL has strange verbs like 'move corresponding' that could
accomplish complicated tasks in a few lines but you have to be
careful that you knew what you were asking for!
MOVE CO
When I was working at the help desk at the computer center as an undergrad,
the professor in charge of that group used to give us interesting little
language tests for things we needed to watch out for, especially with
beginning programmers.
One of his favorite ploys was to use the EQUIVALENCE fun
