Re: Discussions of COBOL philospphy

In article <r0c8e3p94hth82u1ur807goa7ig9543k4c@xxxxxxx>,
Robert <no@xxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]

Sure, they could have read the Standard or compiler manual. They didn't.

Come now, Mr Wagner... what sense would it make to read a Standard or
compiler manual for a language *everyone knows* hasn't changed since 1974?

That'd be like asking someone to learn Latin or Ancient Greek... *everyone
knows* there's no value in wasting time to do that!

(oh... and *everyone knows* that I am the King of England, too)

DD

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