From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 20:00:45 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id UAA13639 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:00:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from obie.softweyr.com (slc37.modem.xmission.com [204.228.136.37]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id UAA13614 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:00:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wes@localhost) by obie.softweyr.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id UAA00416; Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:59:00 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 20:59:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <199612230359.UAA00416@obie.softweyr.com> From: Wes Peters To: jgrosch@sirius.com CC: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD beats SCO at its own game In-Reply-To: <199612201727.JAA01926@superior.truenorth.org> References: <199612201647.IAA04872@athena.tera.com> <199612201727.JAA01926@superior.truenorth.org> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Josef Grosch writes: > I have spent a lot of time contracting in big COBOL/IBM shops in Chicago > and I have not heard of one. Their maybe several out there but considering > what a unholy mess the average legacy program is I doubt they are any good. > Keep in mind COBOL is almost as old as FROTRAN (1957 - 1958) and each > manufacture had their own spin on COBOL, adding little "features" and miss > implemting other languages components. Write a __GOOD__ translator and the > world will beat a path to your door. I can see it now... GNU Cobol! With object-oriented Cobol 95 extensions! FreeBSD would, of course, be the ultimate platform to replace those aging mainframes. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com