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JayMcGee

07-27-2006 07:10 PM

Please, don't....

my first Cobol program... submitted on punched card...

537 errors.....

I misplaced a '.'......

MaggieL

07-27-2006 08:43 PM

In COBOL, it only takes one missed period to result in an abortion.

Undertoad

07-27-2006 09:29 PM

A modern programming language wouldn't give you 537 errors for that, it would realize you'd missed the period and add it. Then it would give you 537 warnings.

MaggieL

07-27-2006 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

A modern programming language wouldn't give you 537 errors for that, it would realize you'd missed the period and add it. Then it would give you 537 warnings.

That sounds more like C than a modern programming language. :-)

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