[Shacs] COBOL on a reputable, "modern" journal

[Sean Duckett]

It's "Perl", not "pearl", doc: Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister.

(perl6 is interesting, btw :)

* Burris, David <CSC_DSB at shsu.edu> [2008-09-17 16:22:53 -0500]:

> Laugh it up fuzz balls.  I/COBOL and Fortran will still be here when pearls (not really a gem - come to think of it neither is gem), ASP (snakes get stepped on), scripting languages (nothing really to say), PHP (drugs) have been forgotten.
> 
> Dr. B
> 
> From: bronius motekaitis [mailto:bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:56 PM
> To: Bronius Motekaitis; Sean Duckett
> Cc: Burris, David; SHACS
> Subject: RE: [Shacs] COBOL on a reputable, "modern" journal
> 
> Quote from the article:
> Dijkstra famously said, "the use of cobol cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."
> ________________________________
> From: Bronius Motekaitis <bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:29 PM
> To: Sean Duckett <sduckett at shsu.edu>
> Cc: Burris, David <CSC_DSB at shsu.edu>; SHACS <shacs at shsu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Shacs] COBOL on a reputable, "modern" journal
> Haw!
> Pulling the analogy back to CS.. If one were ever stranded on an island with a puny PC, he'll be up and running faster with a USB-contained environment than the mammoths that COBOL once required.  .. that is, if the ancient PC on-hand has USB support.
> 
> hmm.. by "usb" I mean "usb pen drive" of course.  Funny how the interface has become the medium..
> 
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Sean Duckett <sduckett at shsu.edu<mailto:sduckett at shsu.edu>> wrote:
> For Homo sapiens, it's been hard for neolithic toolsmiths.
> Flintknapping has slipped from 83% of all tools crafted worldwide to a
> miniscule 0.04%, with the tradition maintained by eye surgeons (obsidian
> blades damage the retina far less than the finest steel),
> anthropologists, and the keepers of tribal history.  I have yet to
> require flintknapping, though should I ever be stranded for more than a
> week in a remote, flintknapping would definately be on my to-do list.
> 
> --smd.
> 
> 
> * Burris, David <CSC_DSB at shsu.edu<mailto:CSC_DSB at shsu.edu>> [2008-09-16 18:47:53 -0500]:
> 
> > The last few years have been hard for COBOL.  It has slipped from 78% of all program written world wide in all languages to a paltry 70%.  Bronis has not yet required COBOL so you may not need it either.  On campus, student programming jobs generally require COBOL or that you be on drugs (PHP).
> >
> > Dr. B
> >
> > From: shacs-bounces at shsu.edu<mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu> [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu<mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu>] On Behalf Of Bronius Motekaitis
> > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 10:52 PM
> > To: SHACS
> > Subject: [Shacs] COBOL on a reputable, modern journal
> >
> > Dr Burris-
> >
> > [cid:image001.jpg at 01C9182C.B6D9E250]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/foryou/2861741130/>
> >
> > Did you sneak into the press room for a little prank here?
> >
> > (I haven't yet read the article, but thought you'd appreciate the cover caption: "Is your next language COBOL?")
> >
> > -bronius
> >
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> --smd.
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--smd.

"It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three
 benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never
 to use either." 
                 -- Mark Twain