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From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Call  for Discussion: alt.cobol
Summary: *.cobol is a serious newsgroup proposal?  unkind remarks;
	kindly ignore this article.  in fact, ignore this thread!
Message-ID: <7131@ki4pv.uucp>
Date: 29 Nov 89 01:04:21 GMT
References: <5301@garfield.MUN.EDU> <1989Nov25.193310.20967@world.std.com>
Organization: CompuData Inc., DeLand
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In article <1989Nov25.193310.20967@world.std.com>, bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein) writes:
) Are there at least several people who will stand up and say "I am a
) Cobol programmer ...
What?  You mean in public?  While it's two steps above child
molestation, and about a step and a half above being a member
of the school board, it's hardly something you can expect to
see many people admit in public.

Seriously: yes, there is at least cobol-under-unix vendor.  The
product I have seen was semi-compiled and then interpreted, as
was that crazy basic under CP/M.  Truly stomach-wrenching.  And,
like that CP/M basic, not a discussion topic of much interest at
this time.

He may get his 100 votes in the allotted month, but I doubt that
he'll get a hundred useful articles in the same period of time.
I suggest, therefore, either "comp.lang.misc" or "talk.religion"
might be good newsgroups for any cobol discussion that arises.
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