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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states |
| Date | 2020-04-16 21:27 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <r7aik9029tm@news2.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <258748117.608650958.540746.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <5e976785.8775558@news.dslextreme.com> <r77vhs$vcm$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <t-GdncDMNtAxNwrDnZ2dnUU7-KWdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
On 2020-04-16, Dennis Boone <drb@ihatespam.msu.edu> wrote: >> ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL-PLUS-ONE. > > ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL. That looks like the work of the Department of Redundancy Department. The GIVING clause is unnecessary if you're incrementing a variable. -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship. \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult. X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy. / \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.
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IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-04-15 06:49 -0700
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states mentificium@gmail.com - 2020-04-15 09:40 -0700
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2020-04-15 19:59 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Gareth Evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-04-15 21:34 +0100
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-04-15 21:39 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-04-15 16:07 -0700
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-04-15 21:49 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-04-15 19:45 -0500
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-04-16 01:01 -0700
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-04-16 08:14 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-16 21:27 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-04-17 16:11 +0000
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states mentificium@gmail.com - 2020-04-17 15:09 -0700
Re: IBM scrambles to find or train more COBOL programmers to help states Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-04-17 23:52 +0000
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