"The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Parse Tree <parsetree at hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:TY0Z8.295$Db.180747 at news20.bellglobal.com...> > "Bob LeChevalier" <lojbab at lojban.org> wrote in message
> > news:jgv8ju4mpovmiqp7htdsb8gee0013a8sbf at 4ax.com...> > > "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
> >
> > > >But that didn't even make Cobol the industry standard, because
> > > >*COMMERCIALLY* developed languages like Fortran and Algol became the
> > > >standard.
> > >
> > > COBOL was and remains the industry standard in business programming,
> which
> > is
> > > the largest percentage of software in the country. Algol never was
much
> > used
> > > in the US.
> >
> > Are you implying that COBOL is the most widely used language in the
world?
> > That is not true. C holds that position. Actually, there are quite a
few
> > languages that are more widely used than COBOL.
> >
> >
>> Not for business programmming, Parse. COBOL is still the most commonly
used,
> although C is used more widely in general.
>> T9W
>>
Well, now, there's a nice, concise, clear, FEMINAZI statement.
"COBOL is still the most commonly used, although C is used more widely in
general".
Would you mind explaining to us poor creatures who're weighted down with all
those 3 1/2 billion extra brain cells exactly what this means?
Everybody claims that their favorite language is the most widely spread, but
I must admit this is the first time I've seen someone claim that both C and
Cobol are more widely used than each other.
John Knight
