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Quick responses to Judson "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote in message news:K6rij.51740$_m.47755(a)bignews4.bellsouth.net... "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote: "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: As this post ... 14 Jan 2008 17:22
OT: Quick responses to Judson "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote in message news:K6rij.51740$_m.47755(a)bignews4.bellsouth.net... "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote: "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: As this post ... 13 Jan 2008 16:46
How to get the return code from a Unix command in Cobol The problem: I want to run a Unix command, program or script from Cobol and get its return code. For example, I want to test whether /usr/tmp is a valid directory. On a shell command line, I can say 'test -d /usr/tmp' (or ksh shortcut [ -d /usr/tmp ]) followed by 'echo $?'. The result will be 0 if valid, 1 if invali... 16 Jan 2008 17:34
OT - Humor - : Worst Predictions of All Time Humor (I think) posted in the IBM-MAIN list -- Bill Klein wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com Well, since it is Friday I thought I'd post a little humor item, especially considering the quote from John von Neumann. In an article in The Futurist magazine, writer Laura Lee catalogues some of the wors... 14 Jan 2008 10:22
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OT Java, C#, C++ Although still off-topic, I was just wondering, ... In the threads on Java, it seems to me that some of those embracing OO are moving from Java to C# (not C++). I know that the CLI run-time (I think that is what is still called outside Microsoft) is available on other platforms, but I was wondering how "porta... 15 Jan 2008 10:32
Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers ofTomorrow? On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:04:27 +0100, Sebastian Hanigk wrote: "Charles Hottel" <chottel(a)earthlink.net> writes: When computers and software can simulate a human brain at speeds faster than a human there will be little need for human programmers. A few problems: we still do not understand the human ... 12 Jan 2008 14:47
Copy and continued words question I am trying to get my head around COBOL 85 and the interaction of the copy and replace verbs with line continuations. Can anyone (hi Bill!) clarify this situation: Easy one -------- 01 aaa pic x(20) value "aaa". 01 bbb pic x(20) value "bbb". COPY file1 replacing aaa by bbb. [File1] Display aaa. ... 11 Jan 2008 13:40
Cobol file conversion One of the questions most frequently asked by non-regulars is how to convert a Cobol file, usually Micro Focus indexed, to something usable. This page lists COMMERCIAL file converters. The ones that appear most useful are Ciber, about $2K, and Fujitsu. http://www.cobug.com/cobug/docs/fileconver0038.html ... 10 Jan 2008 23:40 |