Steve Litt on 1 May 2018 14:07:21 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] [plug-announce] Wed May 2 - PLUG Central - "A Punch Card Ate My Program" by Walt Mankowski (7pm at USP)


On Tue, 1 May 2018 11:57:20 -0400
"Paul L. Snyder" <paul@pataprogramming.com> wrote:


>   Abstract: 

>   In previous talks, I argued that COBOL isn’t such a bad
>   language. In this talk, we’ll journey deep into the past to
>   recreate a retro bug that could only happen in COBOL! Our
>   travels will include:
> 
>     syntactic white space!
>     scotch tape!
>     dueling compiler options!
>     virtual punch cards!
>     sentences!
>     code blocks!
>     periods!

Don't forget the Alter statement.
 
SteveT

Steve Litt 
April 2018 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques
     of the Successful Technologist
http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques
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