Ah, yes; not only more charitable, but more likely.  Thank you.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of 
Charles Mills
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 21:01

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Bob Bridges
Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2021 3:22 PM

Going out on a limb, here, but either your boss was an arrant liar (which you 
did not suggest), or she never wrote a COBOL program of more than 30 or 40 
lines in the PROCEDURE DIVISION.

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Tom 
Brennan
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 13:41

Good to hear!  During that time one of my other supervisors/teachers would tell 
me about her application experience.  She said no matter how complex her COBOL 
programs were, they would not only compile first time but would run perfectly.  
This of course was due to her rigorous desk-checking which I assume took days.

I remember thinking "that's crazy" but I just kept quiet.  I'll give her a 
break because that could have been at the time of card punching where such 
desk-checking made far more sense.

--- On 8/18/2021 10:23 AM, Frank Swarbrick wrote:
> I program that way to this day.  (Lots of compiles of small changes, 
> that is.)

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