Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:59:00 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: jgrosch@sirius.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD beats SCO at its own game Message-ID: <199612230359.UAA00416@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <199612201727.JAA01926@superior.truenorth.org> References: <199612201647.IAA04872@athena.tera.com> <199612201727.JAA01926@superior.truenorth.org>
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Josef Grosch writes:
> I have spent a lot of time contracting in big COBOL/IBM shops in Chicago
> and I have not heard of one. Their maybe several out there but considering
> what a unholy mess the average legacy program is I doubt they are any good.
> Keep in mind COBOL is almost as old as FROTRAN (1957 - 1958) and each
> manufacture had their own spin on COBOL, adding little "features" and miss
> implemting other languages components. Write a __GOOD__ translator and the
> world will beat a path to your door.
I can see it now... GNU Cobol! With object-oriented Cobol 95 extensions!
FreeBSD would, of course, be the ultimate platform to replace those aging
mainframes. ;^)
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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