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  • The Death of COBOL

    From rbowman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 4 20:15:52 2024
    https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/index.html

    It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to rbowman on Fri Oct 4 21:04:44 2024
    On 4 Oct 2024 20:15:52 GMT, rbowman wrote:

    https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/index.html

    It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.

    You know how they call Latin a “dead” language?

    COBOL is the same.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Fri Oct 4 23:49:07 2024
    On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 21:04:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    On 4 Oct 2024 20:15:52 GMT, rbowman wrote:

    https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/
    index.html

    It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.

    You know how they call Latin a “dead” language?

    COBOL is the same.

    Latin wasn't dead enough that I didn't have to take two years of it in
    high school. That was then but I doubt it's the case now.

    Note: it was not a Catholic high school. Catholic High certainly required
    Latin so the nerds could argue over pronunciation during football games.
    Church Latin is more silibant.

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  • From rbowman@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Sat Oct 5 07:05:14 2024
    On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 06:40:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

    On 4 Oct 2024 23:49:07 GMT, rbowman wrote:

    Church Latin is more silibant.

    Also pronounces “C” (e.g. “excelsis”) more Italian-style than classical
    Latin-style (like “K”).

    Right . Caesar and kaiser are exactly the same in pronunciation.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to rbowman on Sat Oct 5 06:40:59 2024
    On 4 Oct 2024 23:49:07 GMT, rbowman wrote:

    Church Latin is more silibant.

    Also pronounces “C” (e.g. “excelsis”) more Italian-style than classical Latin-style (like “K”).

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