Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bu-cs!ckd From: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: Call for Discussion: alt.cobol Message-ID: <43327@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: 26 Nov 89 06:23:11 GMT References: <5301@garfield.MUN.EDU> <1989Nov25.193310.20967@world.std.com> Sender: daemon@bu-cs.BU.EDU Reply-To: ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) Organization: Boston University School of Management Lines: 20 In-reply-to: bzs@world.std.com's message of 25 Nov 89 19:33:10 GMT >>>>> On 25 Nov 89 19:33:10 GMT, bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) said: Barry> I have nothing against a Cobol group, I have nothing against Cobol (as Barry> long as they, er, keep to their place), but I think the question of Barry> "where is the interest?" is valid. [...] Barry> Are there at least several people who will stand up and say "I am a Barry> Cobol programmer and would benefit personally from this group" rather Barry> than the current spate of "I've known some Cobol programmers and Barry> they're not bad folks...wouldn't let my daughter marry one though..." I... I.... I've .... um.... programmed.... in.... well... um.... COBOL. [Well, there goes that engagement to Barry's daughter. :-] Yeah, I'd read alt.cobol (or comp.lang.cobol). I'd even post to it, though I can't claim any sort of divine knowledge of the darned thing. -- Christopher Davis, BU SMG '90 "Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand."