Re: Batch compiling Fujitsu COBOL



"HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pete Dashwood wrote:
Thanks Jerry. I stand chastised... :-)

It is pretty clear what I need to do, I was just trying to save
myself the time doing it :-)

I apologise unreservedly for being dismissive of your solution
(although I did appreciate the elegance of the Batch file). I really
don't want to deliver DOS Batch technology in 2007. The rest of the
solution is "state-of-the-art" so the mundane housekeeping needs to
be also.

No apology needed.

An engineer and a mathematician, who both know how to drink from a cup,
are confronted with a water fountain.

The engineer studies the problem for a moment, then bends over and has a
refreshing drink.

The mathematician studies the problem for a moment... and fills his cup!

Engineers are taught to solve new problems directly; mathematicians are
taught to reduce a new problem to one that has already been solved.

You're an engineer; I'm the other kind. It's the result that counts.

A very cool analogy. I think some days I'm more engineer and other days more
mathematician. :-)

I imagine that's probably true for most of us. As you say, it is the result
that matters.

Pete.

--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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