Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail From: Grant Edwards Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: anomaly Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 15:36:17 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <6f508ac2-0765-46b2-9408-955e7c811127@googlegroups.com> <55504803$0$13004$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <03e4e251-20b0-4a2f-968e-2d40d2b5dc1e@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 67-130-15-94.dia.static.qwest.net X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1431444977 20264 67.130.15.94 (12 May 2015 15:36:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 15:36:17 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:90456 On 2015-05-12, alex23 wrote: > On 12/05/2015 1:39 AM, zipher wrote: >> On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 10:34:24 AM UTC-5, Grant Edwards wrote: >>> That Python, like COBOL, is an eminently practical language. >> >> LOL! Good one. > > I would make an incredibly substantial wager that you've never developed > anything of note in either Python or COBOL. I've write a lot of Python code over the past 15 years. I only made one attempt at a COBOL program. It was using punch cards and a card-reader connected to a remote mainframe via a 2400 baud link. That was not fun. I'm not sure what your point is, though. COBOL may be an ugly, icky, language, but you must admit it is _practical_. It can be used to get real work done. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Where does it go when at you flush? gmail.com