Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!igor!rutabaga!jls From: jls@rutabaga.Rational.COM (Jim Showalter) Newsgroups: comp.object Subject: Re: Documenting OO Systems Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 03:07:07 GMT References: <9103070342.AA07462@.nextserver.cs.stthomas.edu.cs.stthomas.edu ..> <1114@tetrauk.UUCP> <271@orbit.gtephx.UUCP> <1991Mar22.120946.1@happy.colorado.edu> Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 15 >Funny, that's what COBOL coders keep telling me. >After all, which is more like English: > ADD 1 to A GIVING B >or > B := A + 1 >Just a thought. No argument. COBOL does have its heart in the right place when it comes to readability issues, far more than most languages. Sadly, that is about ALL it has going for it. -- ***** DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed herein are my own. Duh. Like you'd ever be able to find a company (or, for that matter, very many people) with opinions like mine. -- "When I want your opinion, I'll read it in your entrails."