> On May 16, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > <elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > > John McKown wrote: > >>> You can always write a 3rd SORT system with a build in programming >>> language. Hopefully that system is sort of free... > >> Oh, yeah. Perhaps based on Guile (big grin) >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Guile. It's a LISP variant. > > Hmmmm, very very interesting part of the GNU project. I have bookmarked that! > Many thanks! > > >> CA-Easytrieve Plus might fit your bill. Of course, being as how it's from >> CA, it is not free at all. But it is faster and easier to write than COBOL.
I would disagree with that statement a lot. I could whip out SMF reports faster than management could ask. COBOL was OK (but not even close). Ed > > My purse (usually empty and made from scottish leather) will drop me real > faster than I write than COBOL or use that software ... > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
