Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!jarthur!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: MEL - A *Real* Programmer Message-ID: Date: 5 Nov 90 20:58:48 GMT References: <1990Nov2.133932.14692@athena.mit.edu> <04!^M_@uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <04!^M_@uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> tjo@its.bt.co.uk (Tim Oldham) writes: > In article <1990Nov2.133932.14692@athena.mit.edu> chuck@mitlns.mit.edu writes: > >And you thought you couldn't write compiliers in Fortran? > Microfocus write their COBOL compilers, debuggers etc. in COBOL. Kids, > don't try this at home. I'll see you and raise you one. I once had the "opportunity" of working on a Z-80 based multi-user accounting system, with the O/S largely in COBOL. No, it's been like 10 years and I don't remember what the system was called. If that relegates this to urban legend status, so be it. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com