Your mileage may vary...
I love COBOL. I have done things in COBOL that have raised a few
eyebrows, such as serial and telecommunications programming. I have
rewritten programs, and had my versions run four to ten times faster
than the existing program, no exaggeration, and written my own version
of a program that ran in 45 minutes that ran in under three. When
presented with something that is supposed to take "pages" of code, I can
get it in a couple dozen lines, often less. I have also been paid to
write in BASIC. I have started studying C several times, and taken C++.
I own a C++ compiler. I have read several chapters in two books by the
author of C++, Bjourne Stroustroupe (sp?) including The Design and
Evolution of C++, and enjoyed them, and so could say something about
suitability to purpose for a task. My mileage with this language varied.
But what of it? What has that got to do with what is possible? My
experience proves nothing more than what happened, but not what is
possible. After all, maybe I'm just stupid. Or maybe I just don't
understand a thing. That would explain my experiences with C / C++. Just
because I don't care for jazz (the style, not the server) doesn't mean
that it isn't music.
They are all just tools to use to get a job done. Some are more suitable
for certain tasks than others. And some are better optimized for certain
platforms than others. I am happy for anyone's success in Information
Technology, and saddened when systems collapse under their own weight,
often taking whole companies with them. May you enjoy your successes,
especially when your boss gives you a performance review.
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>From: Gary Nolan[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 1997 1:01 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Transact Programs -Reply
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>I have been reading the Transact comments and decided to add in my $.02
>worth.
>
>Over the past 20 years (started in high school) I have written in Fortran,
>Basic, RPGII, Cobol (including versions of cobol you have never heard of ie
>IMS/90 action programming and UTS400 cobol) and Transct. I find Transact the
>quickest language to write and debug in.
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