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On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:02:56 GMT, "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com>
wrote:
>"The 9th Witch" <appalachian_witch at hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:ah2c4n$p6cbj$1 at ID-131540.news.dfncis.de...
[..]
>> Not for business programmming, Parse. COBOL is still the most commonly
>used,
>> although C is used more widely in general.
>>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.
I see you don't understand the concept of context. I have left the
relevant section, above. T9W was clearly saying that COBOL is
still the most widely used language in "business programming", while
C is the most commonly used language in general. It would be
like saying that French is the most commonly used language in
France, although English is used more widely in the Earth as
a whole.
I dispute their statement, but I understand what it means. I
suspect that by "business programming", they are referring
to a specific subset of programs related to business, mainly
old programs that are still in use because they work and are
well tested. It's often more efficient to maintain them than to
replace them.
Ah, COBOL. 400 errors generated because you put one part
of one line one space too far left or right. I have fond memories
of COBOL.
I'll bite - how does stating that COBOL is the most widely
used language in "business programming" indictate FEMINAZISM,
whatever you mean by that?
--
Always remember you're unique.
Just like everyone else. (Anon)
