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Python v COBOL - Skaperen - Feb-21-2017 what would we need to do to python to make a suitable basis for tossing out COBOL besides cleaning the sticky sugar out of their shift keys and making money expression formatting? RE: Python v COBOL - Larz60+ - Feb-21-2017 Believe it or not, there are still companies out there using Cobol There are also people still driving Hudsons and Studibakers. RE: Python v COBOL - sparkz_alot - Feb-21-2017 I'd still like to see Qbasic included in Windows RE: Python v COBOL - Larz60+ - Feb-21-2017 Before Qbasic there was Dartmouth basic where syntax dictated that let x = 3 worked, and x= 3 didn't I almost hate to admit it, but in 1975, I wrote a magazine article using Dartmouth basic (It's still available on archive.org) RE: Python v COBOL - ichabod801 - Feb-21-2017 I wrote a Python interpreter for Dartmouth basic (technically BASIC). RE: Python v COBOL - Skaperen - Feb-22-2017 (Feb-21-2017, 11:53 PM)ichabod801 Wrote: I wrote a Python interpreter for Dartmouth basic (technically BASIC). so now we can run all our old Dartmouth basic programs on any platform that runs python? RE: Python v COBOL - Larz60+ - Feb-22-2017 for x = 1 to oh maybe 100 ... RE: Python v COBOL - Skaperen - Feb-22-2017 the idea is that python is easier than cobol, except for the pic feature, which could be added on. RE: Python v COBOL - Larz60+ - Feb-22-2017 s9v999 Never want to go there anymore RE: Python v COBOL - Skaperen - Feb-22-2017 (Feb-22-2017, 05:47 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: s9v999 Never want to go there anymore but some people are stuck there. i remember doing a couple cobol classes in college. i needed an easy boost of my gpa. |