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Re: GnuCOBOL in the press

From docdwarf@panix.com ()
Newsgroups comp.lang.cobol
Subject Re: GnuCOBOL in the press
Date 2024-06-23 20:44 +0000
Organization Public Access Networks Corp.
Message-ID <v5a1eh$ji2$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink)
References <ut2smb$2i94f$1@dont-email.me> <ut43sm$f4b$1@reader1.panix.com> <ldr69dF7qasU1@mid.individual.net>

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In article <ldr69dF7qasU1@mid.individual.net>,
Bill Gunshannon  <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Mar 2024 12:38:46 -0000 (UTC), docdwarf wrote:
>
>> in a skill that
>> folks decided to stop learning twenty years ago (thanks, Mr Gunshannon!)
>
>
>Let's keep it honest.  Folks never said they did not want to learn it.

That might be why I didn't phrase it as 'folks said they didn't want to 
learn it'.  My words were 'folks decided to stop learning (it)'.

>From my experience in over 30 years in academia the decision was to stop
>teaching it whether folks wanted to learn it or not.

I used to have a link around, somewhere, that lead to freeware which 
allowed IBM MVS mainframe emulation on a PC, including FORTRAN and COBOL 
compilers.  Everything was - and still is - out there that'll allow 
someone who decides to learn it the learning.

Folks don't want it.  There may be many reasons for this but the fact 
remains that the desire isn't there.

DD

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  Re: GnuCOBOL in the press docdwarf@panix.com () - 2024-03-16 12:38 +0000
    Re: GnuCOBOL in the press Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 18:02 +0000
      Re: GnuCOBOL in the press docdwarf@panix.com () - 2024-06-23 20:44 +0000
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