> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: California's COBOL payroll system > > Chase, John wrote: > > Apparently the required/desired changes involve > significantly more than > > "just the numbers". > > > > That's what they want everyone to think. Their system seems quite > capable of handling big fat pay raises every year. Why not pay > decreases? And, what has COBOL got to do with it? Code is code. > > -- > Edward E Jaffe
Well, yes and no. COBOL is fairly easy. There are very few "idiomatic" expressions. Many "idiotic" statements, but few "idiomatic". [grin] But APL2 is indeed "write only". -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
