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- From: bleys@wisdom.bubble.org (Bill Cavanaugh)
- Newsgroups: alt.cobol
- Subject: Re: Re; Why COBOL for the 90's
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.161639.16400@wisdom.bubble.org>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 16:16:39 GMT
- References: <C09oyv.HEt.1@cs.cmu.edu> <21P3wB1w165w@ruth.UUCP>
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- In article <21P3wB1w165w@ruth.UUCP> rat@ruth.UUCP (David Douthitt) writes:
- >drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake) writes:
- >
- >| I agree. However, I'm just starting out in COBOL; could I have a few
- >| examples where the advantage of COBOL is clearly shown?
- >
- >Well...... how do you suppose you would subtract a from b giving c?
- >Um... the statement reads SUBTRACT A FROM B GIVING C. What could
- >be easier?
- >
-
- I'm all for the use of COBOL into the indistinct future, but aren't you
- reaching here? Isn't C = B - A just as clear? And much more common in
- math and computer circles?
-
- bill
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- * Bill Cavanaugh bleys@wisdom.bubble.org *
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