I'm gonna learn me some COBOL!

[xwhatsit]

It's where the future's at (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/23/1746254)!


.NET is sooooo yesterday :eek:

[Gremlin]

.NET is sooooo yesterday :eek:
.NET is so bloody uni... typical, got my degree, they told me it was necessary

now I write all my network management scripts and software add-ons in vbscript (or command prompt) and notepad. :laugh:

I will agree that at least .NET has better error handling and identification <_<

[xwhatsit]

notepad.
Dude -- have I got something that'll change your life -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi

They've even got clicky-buttony versions (http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc) for Windows pussies.

Yeah, they're feeding us all the Java and .NET/C# shit but clearly COBOL is where the future is going to be. I'm waiting for the OOP version, `ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL'.

[Gremlin]

Dude -- have I got something that'll change your life -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
:wacko: I like notepad... its simple... I tried to read the wiki entry, oh wait, its a long weekend, bugger trying to figure out why you need it over notepad (no, I don't need 20 lines of the same thing) :bleh:

yay for notepad (bet you won't catch uni saying that)

[xwhatsit]

`Vi' is two characters. `Notepad' is seven. Hence the superiority.

Just look at `C' (one char) versus `Visual Basic Super Pricey .NET 2010 Special Magical Uber Edition' (buffer overflow chars) for the proof of this fact.

[Ixion]

Told y' so. And notepad has only ONE editing buffer. Meh, useless.

[Dargor]

lol, why would you want to learn COBOL.

Wait, would that look good on my CV.

BCMS, in progress. But i know COBOL! give me a summer job.:headbang:

[riffer]

<img src=http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/python.png>

[Ixion]

COBOL and vi go together like cock and cunt.

[jrandom]

[cynicism]

[expressions of weariness of the soul]

[comments of praise re. lumberjacking]

[Jantar]

Languages I learnt (with years):

Portran (1969)
PL1 (1970)
IBM Assembler (1970)
Fortran (1971)
Cobol (1972) Cobol already an OLD language

Basic1, Basic2, BasicA, Advanced Basic, QuickBasic (at various stages in the 1980s)
VBM (1988)
VBa (1996)

[xwhatsit]

COBOL and vi go together like cock and cunt.
Let's not sully the good name of vi by associating it with COBOL, thanks!

I'm waiting for Commodore 64 (6510) assembler to make a comeback. That'll be when I'll make a killing :niceone:

[Street Gerbil]

Yeah, they're feeding us all the Java and .NET/C# shit but clearly COBOL is where the future is going to be. I'm waiting for the OOP version, `ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL'.

Dude, Microfocus netexpress cobol .NET 5.0 is kind of cool. And it is fully object oriented (but still does not have local variables).

[Forest]

Dude -- have I got something that'll change your life -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi


You've clearly never used Emacs.

Oh well. Your loss.

[Clockwork]

Pah !! Bangalore is full of COBOL programmers and they'll work for fuck all. Mind you, the place is full of programmers of every language.

[Hawkeye]

I'm gonna learm me some COBOL

It's where the future's at (http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/23/1746254)!


.NET is sooooo yesterday :eek:

I've been saying that for a while now. See previous thread .... http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=1679367#post1679367

[boomer]

Languages I learnt (with years):

Portran (1969)
PL1 (1970)
IBM Assembler (1970)
Fortran (1971)
Cobol (1972) Cobol already an OLD language

Basic1, Basic2, BasicA, Advanced Basic, QuickBasic (at various stages in the 1980s)
VBM (1988)
VBa (1996)

I'm in a time warp.. i'm sure i did all this stuff last century too.. !!! including ..
c
c++
PlSQl
SQlPLUS
Unix
Dos
HTML
Java
.html
perl
php
Delphi
Business Objects
VB

And Vi/sed & emacs have always been good editors.

[Street Gerbil]

My co-workers are quite puzzled seeing me using eclipse and vi at the same time. The force of habit...

[xwhatsit]

My co-workers are quite puzzled seeing me using eclipse and vi at the same time. The force of habit...
http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/

As for Emacs, well, my left little finger can't take the abuse, even with a remapped caps-lock. And every time I start it up I can hear Stallman's annoying voice and visualise his beard, which doesn't make for relaxed and productive coding.

[ajturbo]

Languages I learnt (with years):

Portran (1969)
PL1 (1970)
IBM Assembler (1970)
Fortran (1971)
Cobol (1972) Cobol already an OLD language

Basic1, Basic2, BasicA, Advanced Basic, QuickBasic (at various stages in the 1980s)
VBM (1988)
VBa (1996)

So you have learn't NOTHING since 96?????:whistle:

[Ixion]

I..

And Vi/sed & emacs have always been good editors.


Emacs! Heresy! Burn him!