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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 1

L' Eomot Inversé (4/26/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/25/2012)
capn.hector (4/25/2012)
JAZZ Master (4/25/2012)
crookj (4/25/2012)
WOTD - Spock
lizard
dinosaur
COBOL
You shouldn't mention that here - young innocents may read it.
That programming language is suitable for Kobolds and Galgenmänner and even, at a stretch, human beings(*). It was of course invented by a naval lady with the assistance of her Klabautermänner (an Admiral always has plenty of boat goblin assistants, and we can see from the language definition that their evil sense of humour was involved here).
(*) Only masochistic human beings, those needing severe punishment for their sins, and some others.
Supporting 50 year old Cobol programmes is an exquisitely horrible punishment; you can get a good DBA to do almost anything if you can threaten her with doing that as her only alternative and make it stick. This doesn't work with bad DBAs of course, because they already think in COBOL; you can tell from their over-use of cursors, variables, and while loops contolled by a counter variables and avoidance of set-based code that they really want to be able to write their queries in Cobol instead of in SQL.

I really miss MOVE CORRESPONDING. It was much simpler than MERGE ... INSERT.

😀

bcsims 90437 SSC Eights! Points: 929 More actions · Answer 2

Revenant (4/26/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (4/26/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/25/2012)
capn.hector (4/25/2012)
JAZZ Master (4/25/2012)
crookj (4/25/2012)
WOTD - Spock
lizard
dinosaur
COBOL
You shouldn't mention that here - young innocents may read it.
That programming language is suitable for Kobolds and Galgenmänner and even, at a stretch, human beings(*). It was of course invented by a naval lady with the assistance of her Klabautermänner (an Admiral always has plenty of boat goblin assistants, and we can see from the language definition that their evil sense of humour was involved here).
(*) Only masochistic human beings, those needing severe punishment for their sins, and some others.
Supporting 50 year old Cobol programmes is an exquisitely horrible punishment; you can get a good DBA to do almost anything if you can threaten her with doing that as her only alternative and make it stick. This doesn't work with bad DBAs of course, because they already think in COBOL; you can tell from their over-use of cursors, variables, and while loops contolled by a counter variables and avoidance of set-based code that they really want to be able to write their queries in Cobol instead of in SQL.
I really miss MOVE CORRESPONDING. It was much simpler than MERGE ... INSERT.
😀

WOTD.... assembler!

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 3

L' Eomot Inversé (4/26/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/25/2012)
capn.hector (4/25/2012)
JAZZ Master (4/25/2012)
crookj (4/25/2012)
WOTD - Spock
lizard
dinosaur
COBOL
You shouldn't mention that here - young innocents may read it.
That programming language is suitable for Kobolds and Galgenmänner and even, at a stretch, human beings(*). It was of course invented by a naval lady with the assistance of her Klabautermänner (an Admiral always has plenty of boat goblin assistants, and we can see from the language definition that their evil sense of humour was involved here).
(*) Only masochistic human beings, those needing severe punishment for their sins, and some others.
Supporting 50 year old Cobol programmes is an exquisitely horrible punishment; you can get a good DBA to do almost anything if you can threaten her with doing that as her only alternative and make it stick. This doesn't work with bad DBAs of course, because they already think in COBOL; you can tell from their over-use of cursors, variables, and while loops contolled by a counter variables and avoidance of set-based code that they really want to be able to write their queries in Cobol instead of in SQL.

Hmm, supported and developed a COBOL application for 11 years, I did. Think you do that I still think in COBOLese? ;-):-P

That particular app is now about 30 or so, and still being used by a former employer.

Lynn Pettis SSC Guru Points: 442467 More actions · Answer 4

Lynn Pettis

SSC Guru

Points: 442467

April 26, 2012 at 11:40 am

#1479942

Freedom!

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 5

TomThomson

SSC Guru

Points: 104773

April 26, 2012 at 12:29 pm

#1479980

Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!

Liberty

Tom

Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 6

L' Eomot Inversé (4/26/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Liberty

"We hold these truths to be self evident."

EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7063 More actions · Answer 7

Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!

Wallace?

"El" Jerry.

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Revenant SSC-Forever Points: 42467 More actions · Answer 8

Daniel Bowlin (4/27/2012)
L' Eomot Inversé (4/26/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Liberty
"We hold these truths to be self evident."

Independence

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 9

EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?

Gromit

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

SQLRNNR SSC Guru Points: 281334 More actions · Answer 10

EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?

Gromit

Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
_______________________________________________
I have given a name to my pain...MCM SQL Server, MVP
SQL RNNR
Posting Performance Based Questions - Gail Shaw[/url]
Learn Extended Events

CapnHector SSCoach Points: 16143 More actions · Answer 11

SQLRNNR (4/27/2012)
EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?
Gromit

tie down

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Ant-Green SSC Guru Points: 113507 More actions · Answer 12

capn.hector (4/27/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/27/2012)
EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?
Gromit
tie down

kangaroo

Ray K SSC-Dedicated Points: 31163 More actions · Answer 13

vacation (just came back after a week off -- what'd I miss?)

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Daniel Bowlin SSC-Dedicated Points: 34566 More actions · Answer 14

anthony.green (4/30/2012)
capn.hector (4/27/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/27/2012)
EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?
Gromit
tie down
kangaroo

captain

EL Jerry SSCertifiable Points: 7063 More actions · Answer 15

Daniel Bowlin (4/30/2012)
anthony.green (4/30/2012)
capn.hector (4/27/2012)
SQLRNNR (4/27/2012)
EL Jerry (4/27/2012)
Lynn Pettis (4/26/2012)
Freedom!
Wallace?
Gromit
tie down
kangaroo
captain

Ship.

"El" Jerry.

"A watt of Ottawa" - Gerardo Galvan

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