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 isnât such a bad > language. In this talk, weâll 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug