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Subject: Re: GnuCOBOL in the press
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 00:18:03 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <leof73FlsatU1@mid.individual.net>,
Robert Doerfler  <rodo@bloerp.de> wrote:
>docdwarf@panix.com () <docdwarf@panix.com> schrieb:
>> 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)'.
>
>When I talk about myself, I often mention that I wanted to learn COBOL. 

When I talk about myself I am taller, smarter, better-looking, more 
sharply-dressed, a delight to ladies who recognise this, by instinct, 
across crowded rooms or great, open, empty spaces.

One of us might have something to learn from the other.

[snip]

>Honestly, I don???t know what 
>those might be worth, but dealing with z/OS, ISPF, REXX, CICS 
>and COBOL on an IBM Z Mainframe was great fun though. ;)

Here we are in agreement; I found doing such things to be much more 
enjoyable than working as a delivery-clerk or stirring vats in a factory.

DD