RE: COBOL is back!!!

["John Arnold \(MFS\)" <jarnold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

All the nano-devices will malfunction on 01JAN10000 and we COBOL
regenerates will have to come back and save the day.

John Arnold
(301) 354-2939

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:18 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: COBOL is back!!!

There will be no programming languages in the year 10,000. Humans will
all have nano-devices implanted into their heads and just think what the
want the computer to do and it will do it.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk Goins
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 2:36 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: COBOL is back!!!

Aaron Abreu wrote:
> I agree.. it never went away.. its the one
> virus that no one is able to control.. and those
> of us that are infected consider it our duty and
> responsibility to create as much contagen code as
> we can before our time is up..
> besides...
> old cobol programmers don't die!!!!
> the government puts them in suspended
> animation and keeps them on storage in
> case their needed one day in the future
> because schools quit teaching it and someone
> may have a payroll check crises one day... LOL

Or for the Year 10,000 Bug, where all year fields will need to be 5
char!

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