> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 10:05, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2003-08-26T14:25:32Z, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > For a "Hello, World" program, or an OS, or a graphics toolkit, even > > > Admiral Hooper would not say that COBOL is the proper tool. OTOH, for > > > large commercial apps, COBOL is far and away the best tool for the > > > job. . . . > > > > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:47 PM > To: Debian-User > Subject: Re: COBOL compiler
> > The greatness of COBOL is the fact that it is a honed tool. Just > as C is great for low-level work, COBOL is *designed* to move, > process, sort, summarize, etc. fixed-length records around. > > For example, COBOL has intrinsic constructs for easily handling > ISAM files in a variety of manners. Likewise, there is a very > powerful intrinsic SORT verb. > Yes, but how does that compare with similarly powerful features in Perl? -- David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
