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From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Is there a COBOL mode?
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Date: 2 Nov 90 14:22:45 GMT
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bob@MorningStar.Com writes:
   In article <VERBER.90Nov1175202@capemay.mps.ohio-state.edu>
   verber@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu (Mark Verber) writes:
      Yes.. there is.  It was written by Paul Placeway and Bob
      Sutterfield.

   Hey Verbs, watch who you're slamming there.  I disclaim all
   responsibility...  I'll thank
   you not to further slime my reputation in public!

Uh, Bob...Bob?  Reality check -- your reputation, such as it is, has
been duly slimed by this piece of code for, oh, at least 2.5 years.
From the file itself:

;;; Cobol mode for GNU Emacs (version 1.01, Jun 21, 1988)
;;; Copyright (c) 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;;; Written by Robert A Sutterfield (bob@cis.ohio-state.edu) and
;;;  Paul W. Placeway (paul@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu), as changes to fortran.el

:-),
--karl