Cobol

Happy New Zealand Day
"SkippyPB" <swiegand(a)nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message news:ggvfm3ho7codaf8llki5nnahmh7h5s8n46(a)4ax.com... This message is aimed at Pete Dashwood who I bet is celebrating and, if not, now has a reason to. On this day (I know it is tomorrow in New Zealand, but humor me) Dec. 18th, in 1642, the firs... 20 Dec 2007 09:44

Numeric Edited and VALUE/MOVE
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:15:44 GMT, "William M. Klein" <wmklein(a)nospam.netcom.com> wrote: "Robert" <no(a)e.mail> wrote in message news:ac8em35r5od3kqvplfvfum7ud01e3bc5c4(a)4ax.com... On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:29:50 +0100, "Roger While" <simrw(a)sim-basis.de> wrote: <snip> Note that '85 says INITIALIZE does no... 18 Dec 2007 22:49

Speed with Fujitsu Cobol
In article <tJQ9j.121$El5.23(a)newssvr22.news.prodigy.net>, Michael Mattias <mmattias(a)talsystems.com> wrote: I'd bet at least ninety percent of run-time performance is determined before you write the first line of source code.. by your application design. Hmmmmm... given how I have seen systems age, Mr Mattias, ... 21 Dec 2007 05:09

OT: Happy New Zealand Day
This message is aimed at Pete Dashwood who I bet is celebrating and, if not, now has a reason to. On this day (I know it is tomorrow in New Zealand, but humor me) Dec. 18th, in 1642, the first European discovered New Zealand by accident like most great discoveries. Dutch seafarer and explorer Abel Tasman was t... 18 Dec 2007 18:05

working storage values
<docdwarf(a)panix.com> wrote in message news:fk76nh$9se$1(a)reader1.panix.com... In article <5soie6F1a5e45U1(a)mid.individual.net>, Pete Dashwood <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: "Richard" <riplin(a)azonic.co.nz> wrote in message news:f810a73e-cd25-43b8-ac63-10523d5a29b3(a)d4g2000prg.googlegrou... 30 Dec 2007 19:20

Fix it now or later (was OT:Thanksgiving
"William M. Klein" <wmklein(a)nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message news:0Wh6j.42515$_H4.38198(a)fe08.news.easynews.com... I haven't replied to a lot of this thread. As someone who is NOT a scientist, I have been quite convinced that the overwhelming scientific evidence is that Global Warming is happening and ... 10 Dec 2007 00:01

On-Topic - Not so funny, but might be humorous to some
For those (and I *think* there are still a few in comp.lang.cobol) who care about the ongoing revision work to create the NEXT COBOL Standard, you might want to look at: http://www.cobolstandard.info/j4/files/07-0183.doc Given recent experience, I probably won't see (draft) minutes of the J4 meeting that... 10 Dec 2007 00:01

OT: Fix it now or later (was OT:Thanksgiving
On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:20:13 GMT, "William M. Klein" <wmklein(a)nospam.netcom.com> wrote: IMHO, "costly solutions" to POSSIBLE (probable) problems now OFTEN cost less (and work better) than "final solutions" after ALL possible evidence is in. At the risk of being on-topic... Y2K. ... 19 Dec 2007 17:04

IESHTTPB COBOL VSE sample
Hi, Does anyone have a working sample of a VSE COBOL batch program doing a call to a servlet or CGI using IESHTTPB. thanks KS ... 10 Dec 2007 00:01

diff between cobol1 & cobol3
Can anyone out there point out the major differences in COBOL I and COBOL III to me? I'm just learning COBOL and I'm kind of confused about this right now. ... 20 Dec 2007 03:34