On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:50, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-08-26T12:52:33Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Too bad you have such a negative view of COBOL. In the hands of someone > > with a brain, it's quite a powerful and modular language. > > All Turing-complete languages are equally powerful. That doesn't mean that > any given one would fill me with a desire to start hacking around with it. > > You know, I'd never seen Cobol before the screenshots on your link. Those > just confirmed everything I've heard about it. :)
For a "Hello, World" program, or an OS, or a graphics toolkit, even Admiral Hooper would not say that COBOL is the proper tool. OTOH, for large commercial apps, COBOL is far and away the best tool for the job. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA "My advice to you is to get married: If you find a good wife, you will be happy; if not, you will become a philosopher." Socrates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]