Re: shameful admission

In the old days <grin> we used to think there were more lines of COBOL in the universe than any other language...I suspect now, if some poor soul was to make a survey, we would find that C (and C++) have overtaken COBOL.

I think if you need it, you should do it. If you already know how to program in other languages, then you are over the hardest part anyway.

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Re^2: shameful admission by itub (Priest) on Jun 15, 2004 at 17:10 UTC
we used to think there were more lines of COBOL in the universe than any other language Is that because you need almost seven hundred lines of COBOL just to print "hello world"? ;-) See http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/cobol/hworld.html (well, maybe it's not 700 after all)	[reply]
Re^3: shameful admission by Steve_p (Priest) on Jun 16, 2004 at 03:50 UTC
No, it can be done with much less. The following will torture many a soul. `0000-MAIN. CALL 'printf' USING 'Hello, World' END-CALL. EXIT.` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: shameful admission by bibo (Pilgrim) on Jun 15, 2004 at 17:45 UTC
lol! yeah, that was exactly what i was thinking! --bibo	[reply]