Cobol

Adam & Eve
How do you reconcile Luke Chapter 3 which gives 76 generations from Adam to Jesus making a maximum of 4000 years, with 'Mitochondrial Eve' living in Africa 150,000 years ago ? Y-chromosome research also puts Adam way back before any conceivable Bible date. Modern man reached Australia 60,000 years ago, after leavin... 1 Feb 2008 00:44

Remember those X-Ray Vision Glasses from the 50's?
"Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote: I was just browsing the 'net and ran across a picture of those old X-Ray glasses they used to advertize in the back of magazines for 50 cents or so back in the 1950's. Remember, they appeared to be made of cardboard, shaped and printed like a pair of glasses, a... 27 Jan 2008 10:44

checking if NUMERIC
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:33:22 +1300, "Pete Dashwood" <dashwood(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: "William M. Klein" <wmklein(a)nospam.netcom.com> wrote in message news:1eASi.226775$vo5.15659(a)fe04.news.easynews.com... I certainly don't want to claim your "opinions" are wrong - however, I just don't agr... 27 Jan 2008 20:26

Ryan-MacFarland COBOL
Have the opcodes used by RM Cobol ever been doccumented enough that one could write a runcobol for various Unix machines? Has anyone ever actually done this and let the source code out? bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves bill(a)cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep... 26 Jan 2008 14:31

Does Microsoft .net an option to Java?
Is the .net a better approach than Java SDK in a scenario where the Power COBOL is the predominant language, os they are nor equivalent? ... 26 Jan 2008 17:50

OT: Remember those X-Ray Vision Glasses from the 50's?
I was just browsing the 'net and ran across a picture of those old X-Ray glasses they used to advertize in the back of magazines for 50 cents or so back in the 1950's. Remember, they appeared to be made of cardboard, shaped and printed like a pair of glasses, and usually had spiral designs on the 'lenses', with a s... 27 Jan 2008 14:09

MICRO FOCUS COBOL MANUALS
I am looking for an online basic manual for Micro Focus Cobol. Something that would have the basics, such as what file extensions mean etc and a manual for the workbench version V4.0.38 Or if somebody could recommend a book for same would appreciate it. Have worked with MFCOBOL previously but just got a new project... 27 Jan 2008 06:37

oracle10g SQLBEX giving 114 with Oracle Dynamic SQL Method 4(ora9 works well)
>>> On 1/24/2008 at 6:53 AM, in message <ou5hp3pv634r7l7ucevb7sllf76lr05391(a)4ax.com>, Robert<no(a)e.mail> wrote: SQLBEX means you are using Pro*Cobol, which is buggy and poorly supported by Oracle. Your best solution is to abandon Pro*Cobol , switch to OpenESQL. Is OpenESQL a Micro Focus product? Doe... 28 Jan 2008 18:48

NetCOBOL on Mandriva
I am trying an eval of NetCOBOL for Linux. I am using Mandriva 2008. Installation is complete and I am able to compile, but I am getting a link error: "ld: No such file or directory". Fujitsu support are trying to help, but are a bit slow. Have any of you had luck getting Fujitsu's Linux compiler working on newer... 28 Jan 2008 15:56

Companys using Cobol in London
Hello there, Does anyone know of any companys in the London region that uses COBOL,JCL,DB2. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Peter. ... 27 Jan 2008 14:09