NEW Find solves old gum wrapper mystery

[john.clowes]

Dan, if it's any comfort to you, I took my first real job in 1983 as a COBOL programmer and was told then that I was crazy to do so because the language would be obsoleted in two years. Nearly 30 years later, here we are with it still in use.....

Kinda like when I moved out of my parents house back then and Mom suggested that I toss my old ball cards since they were old.

[Clutch-Hitter]

Nice find Dan

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by john.clowes

Dan, if it's any comfort to you, I took my first real job in 1983 as a COBOL programmer and was told then that I was crazy to do so because the language would be obsoleted in two years. Nearly 30 years later, here we are with it still in use.....

Kinda like when I moved out of my parents house back then and Mom suggested that I toss my old ball cards since they were old.

Well put!

I actually am doing XML coming in from the net to the mainframe, neat stuff.

Using CICS Web Service and COBOL now actually has XML PARSE and GENERATE commands.

Dan

[jcmtiger]

You guys crack me up. I started with punch cards, sorters, printers in 1960, after that cobol programmer and left after being a DataBase Administrater about 16 years ago.

Joe