Maybe I could get back into contracting doing Fortran IV.
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Cashing in on COBOL
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostMaybe I could get back into contracting doing Fortran IV.
i remember fortran and algol though.Comment
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postummmmmmmmmmm, - no
i remember fortran and algol though.See You Next TuesdayComment
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PRO IV, now there’s one I’m not sorry to see the back of..."why ride a vespa when you can push a lambretta?"
As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding; like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood."Comment
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Anyone remember Mapper on the Sperry-Univac's from the 70's to mid 80's ?
I won a worldwide competition run by Sperry-Univac for Mapper RID design in 82 or 83... got an all expensed weekend for my wife and me.. happy days.
As to COBOL, my default error trap logic was "If Cat equals Dog goto RSPCA" we were only allowed one goto in a program...and I used to rename my Working Storage to execute the testAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magicComment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostI embedded my comments well, but as per my first post, the organisations I worked with in the 80s and early 90s didn’t make good coding practices mandatory, in fact it wasn’t until 2002 I’d even heard about this ITIL thing.Comment
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Originally posted by BR14 View Postummmmmmmmmmm, - no
i remember fortran and algol though.
I also have a certificate somewhere from my C++ training in the 80's signed by a Dr Bjarne Stroustrup.Last edited by m0n1k3r; 11 December 2017, 01:48.Comment
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Remember the cardinal rule of Cobol not goto ever!
First job - placement year in college - COBOL programmer. Cracking company in newbury called microfocus. 1988 - many moons ago.Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostRemember the cardinal rule of Cobol not goto ever!
First job - placement year in college - COBOL programmer. Cracking company in newbury called microfocus. 1988 - many moons ago.
Haven't they recently bought all of HP's back catalogue of tulipware?See You Next TuesdayComment
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