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September 1999, Week 4

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Re: PowerPatch/Power Patch/Powerpatch/POWERPATCH/???
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Aaron Christopher Finney <[log in to unmask]>
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Aaron Christopher Finney <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 26 Sep 1999 00:48:39 -0700
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I guess it's mildly on-topic for this list, and since I just saw it
mentioned on TV...

Final Jeopardy:

The name of the group that developed COBOL, also known by the acronym
CODASYL.

Cheers,

Aaron


On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Steve Dirickson wrote:

> > OK and know for the 64 Dollar question  ..  What is the correct
> > capitalization of cobol and why?
>
> All caps, since it's an acronym. Same for FORTRAN, ALGOL, and BASIC (though
> BillG would have us think otherwise). Not so for Pascal or Java.
>
>
>
> Steve Dirickson   WestWin Consulting
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