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From: twb@hoqam.UUCP (BEATTIE)
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Subject: Re: COBOL anecdotes wanted
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 08:55:50 EDT
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> 	C...C....COBOL ?!?!?!?!?
> 	You mean....
> 	          
> 	Cumbersome
> 	Obsolote
> 	Batch
> 	Oriented
> 	Language
> 
> ............no sig.................


I believe it was E.W. Dijkstra in 1982 who said:

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind;
its teaching should, therefore,
be considered as a criminal offence"

Tom.
..!{ihnp4|hou2g|allegra|mhuxh}!hoqam!twb

And now for something completely different:

PIYAN (pi' an) - n. (acronym: "Plus If You Act Now") Any
miscellaneous item thrown in on a late night television ad.