Re: Alternative COBOL "telco" source program

From: William M. Klein (wmklein_at_nospam.netcom.com)
Date: 05/26/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:27:32 GMT

Michael,
  Sorry that I got Mr. Frank posting to comp.lang.cobol (as well as
comp.lang.pli). In the PL/I group, most people have learned to just ignore him.
He CONSTANTLY says,

 I made such-and-such a statement and no one contradicted me, so I must be right

   or

I showed how to do this in Fortran and no one showed me how to do this in
"language x" so THEREFORE "language x" can't do it.

***

Unfortunately, if you ignore him, he doesn't go away - but if you "killfile"
him, at least you won't be bothered (too much) with his trivia, mis-information,
lack of logical conclusions, and basically irrelevant posts. 

-- 
Bill Klein
 wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2tXsc.27782$Ol3.22280@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
>
> "Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@gte.net> wrote in message
> news:iUMsc.341$n65.105@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...
> > "David Frank" <dave_frank@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:mHHsc.21739$0X2.553701@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> >>
> >> "Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@gte.net> wrote in message
> >> news:LZ0sc.3112$r22.1842@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com...
> >> >
> >> > I don't know PL/1, but I refuse to believe that any modern or even
> >> > quasi-modern language does not offer the tools to solve this.
> >>
> >> Believe it, and for 40 more CANT's (perhaps including some cants for
> >>  your PowerBasic)
> >>  see:  http://home.cfl.rr.com/davegemini/pli_cant.faq
> >
> >
> > I actually took the time to read this, and I have an announcement to make;
> > an announcement containing some good news and some bad news.
> >
> > The Good News: You have just won a lifetime achievement award.
> >
> > The Bad News: The Category in which you won is, "Poor workman who blames
> > the
> > tools."
> >
> >
> > MCM
> > PS Yes, I toned this down already. My gut reaction was, "What a load of
> > whining drivel!"
> > But I though it might be either impolite or impolitic to say that.
> >
>
> So I take it,  PowerBasic cant be used to post translations for these 40
> challenges right?
> If thats not a true statement, show us the PowerBasic translation for just
> CANT #1  or #2  or #3  (your choice)..
> Robin sure CANT using PL/I ..
>
>     http://home.cfl.rr.com/davegemini/pli_cant.faq
>
> I extend this challenge to the Cobol'ers as well, and since Mike Cowlishaw
> is also reading this, to his REXX language.
>
>

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