Is his name Louis Black?Mayonnaise wrote:I don't have access to any old hardware... but I do have access to a really old developer.
He used to work for Bell Labs on a computer that took up several rooms and had vacuum tubes involved. Then he worked on punch cards... then in COBOL.
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This is the perfect title for this thread. (turns to wife."Honey,their talking techno-stuff again") :(
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I have programmed in COBOL myself. :D: That language is English Teacher Approved.
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And then there was the story Grace Hopper used to tell about being at an international conference and a bunch of them were going to go out for dinner and they did not have a common language, so they held their discussions in COBOL.
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Years ago at the place I worked at,the counterman kept calling this one customer "Mr Bendejo" . the customer was getting a little pissed off when looked at the customers ID over the counterman's shoulder. I whispered in his ear,"It's pronounced "Bejorano". 
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Spanish "should" be your first language darph. You never screw up in Spanish. :D: The Baker has taught you well. ;)darph nader wrote:looked at the customers ID over the counterman's shoulder. I whispered in his ear,"It's pronounced "Bejorano".
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I speak COBOL, too...believe it or not, in 2000-2003 at the University of North Florida, it was REQUIRED for an Information Systems/Information Science degree...I had three sememsters of it, including our backbreaker (weed out the weaklings, grasshopper...that which does not kill you makes you stronger!) course, File Structures.dhcalva wrote:I have programmed in COBOL myself. :D: That language is English Teacher Approved.
Oh...and I prefer C# or Java. MUCH better for real programming!
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Works for me,"Uno cerveza mas,por favor". :D:Main Streeter wrote:Spanish "should" be your first language darph. You never screw up in Spanish. :D: The Baker has taught you well. ;)
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Darph, think this should be una cerveza. Aaaah, you know how I dislike correcting you in front of mil. Thanks for dos mil buddy.darph nader wrote:"Uno cerveza mas,por favor". :D:
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No. Edward. It's my maternal grandfather. My mom is a developer too. She came in at punch cards back in college. They figured I'd follow but I'm crap at math, so I'm an Animator instead. *Giggle.* I do a little Actionscripting but yeah...hobie16 wrote:Is his name Louis Black?
Meanwhile my father is spectacularly bad at computers. He once uninstalled Windows AND DOS from our 486 while trying to install his brand new shiny CD-ROM drive. He did NOT however, format the drive. The computer shop guys were able to re-install it and all our files were still there. We're still not sure how he managed that.
