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| From | Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: COBOL and tricks |
| Date | 2022-10-29 16:47 -0400 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mdd7d0iicg1.fsf@panix5.panix.com> (permalink) |
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Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> writes:
> On 7/25/2022 4:45 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
[ snip ]
>> Speak to Kurt.
>> IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
>> PROGRAM-ID. STREK.
>> AUTHOR. KURT WILHELM.
>> INSTALLATION. OAKLAND UNIVERSITY.
>> DATE-WRITTEN. COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 1, 1979.
>> *
>> *******************************************************
>> * STAR_TREK SIMULATES AN OUTER SPACE ADVENTURE GAME *
>> * ON A REMOTE TERMINAL. THE USER COMMANDS THE U.S.S. *
>> * ENTERPRISE, AND THRU VARIOUS OFFENSIVE AND DEFEN- *
>> * SIVE COMMANDS, TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY ON A *
>> * MISSION TO DESTROY ALL KLINGONS, WHICH ALSO MANEU- *
>> * VER AND FIRE ON THE ENTERPRISE. *
>> *******************************************************
>> ^^^^^^^^^^
> This is an early example of what is known as "Enterprise software".
> ;-)
Oh my $DEITY.
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Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen
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