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From: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: help identifying a 4gl?
Message-ID: <24509@dice.la.locus.com>
Date: 17 May 91 17:05:20 GMT
References: <88371@mbf.UUCP>
Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
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In article <88371@mbf.UUCP> janine@mbf.UUCP (Janine Rivas) writes:
>I have just landed a consulting position, helping the owner of a small
>pharmacutical distributor straighten out the mess his software vendor
>has left him with.  My first task is to figure out what language his
>source is written in.  <Stuff deleted here...> The
>filenames all end with the suffix .t, and the keywords in the source
>are seperated by commas instead of spaces.  The text is in all upper-case,
>with mostly two-character variable names...
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
   SOUNDS LIKE BASIC TO ME :-) :-) :-)
 
   Sorry, I couldn't resist!
 
   PS - Has this guy considered filing a lawsuit?  I am appalled at the
   way software vendors/consultants/etc treat clients in situations like
   this (not meaning Janine but the original vendor) by dropping them
   and them refusing to give out information.  This borders on criminal
   and certainly gives those of us who value our reputations and ethics
   a very bad name. 
 
   Jon Rosen