What's wrong with COBOL?
>
>Well, according to the Jargon File (aka The Hacker's Dictionary), IBM
>minis and mainframes were not liked by hackers (who prefered DEC, etc),
>not only because they were generally programmed in things like Cobol,
but
>also because technical info was next-to-impossible to obtain. It was
>difficult to do neat things with them.
>
>I don't know if that counts as IBM bashing or not.
>
>-tony
>
>
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Received on Mon Mar 16 1998 - 09:40:01 GMT