I have done channel programming in C for two different employers. Not LE C, but that would not have made a difference. C gives you everything you need to handle all of the fiddly bits. I do not find C clumsy at all.
On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:30:54 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: >I am not sure that I should wish to try to do channel programming in >COBOL or even C. It may be possible, but I suspect that it would be >clumsy and less than perspicuous.
