What is less praise-worthy is the state's lack of foresight. They knew they had a problem with lack of personnel in 2000 but did nothing about it.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 1:47 PM Joey K Tuttle <[email protected]> wrote: > I found the announcement video ( https://youtu.be/HSVgHlSTPYQ ) amusing, > in that the "kid" making the announcement morphed COBOL into COBOLT > (consistently). > > @bakerjd99 - Agree with your sentiment about long overdue kudos for the > workhorses of the previous century. > > > On 2020Apr 6, at 10:36, John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So can we blame COBOL for the head-up-the-anterior response we're > enjoying > > in the confused states of America? > > > > Just kidding - any program that operates with minimal changes for decades > > has to be respected. The old COBOLians are finally getting long overdue > > kudos. > > > > For my social distancing command bunker - Cheers > > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 11:12 AM 'Jim Russell' via Chat < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Many years ago, I prided myself on my COBOL skills; at one point I had > >> about 50 COBOL programmers working for three supervisors in the COBOL > >> coding shop I managed. > >> > >> When I worked more recently for a then quite new Government agency, I > was > >> distressed to find that the Personnel/Payroll systems were all COBOL > based, > >> still relying on fixed position ascii records. > >> > >>> On Apr 6, 2020, at 12:50 PM, Skip Cave <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Why Covid-19 has resulted in New Jersey desperately needing COBOL > >>> programmers. > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > > > > > -- > > John D. Baker > > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
