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* The Death of COBOLrbowman
`* Re: The Death of COBOLLawrence D'Oliveiro
 `* Re: The Death of COBOLrbowman
  `* Re: The Death of COBOLLawrence D'Oliveiro
   `- Re: The Death of COBOLrbowman

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Subject: The Death of COBOL
From: rbowman
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 20:15 UTC
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Subject: The Death of COBOL
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https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/index.html

It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.

Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
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On 4 Oct 2024 20:15:52 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/index.html
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> It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.

You know how they call Latin a “dead” language?

COBOL is the same.

Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
From: rbowman
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Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 23:49 UTC
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Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 21:04:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 4 Oct 2024 20:15:52 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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>> https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/
index.html
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>> It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.
>
> You know how they call Latin a “dead” language?
>
> COBOL is the same.

Latin wasn't dead enough that I didn't have to take two years of it in
high school. That was then but I doubt it's the case now.

Note: it was not a Catholic high school. Catholic High certainly required
Latin so the nerds could argue over pronunciation during football games.
Church Latin is more silibant.

Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
From: Lawrence D'Oliv
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Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
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On 4 Oct 2024 23:49:07 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> Church Latin is more silibant.

Also pronounces “C” (e.g. “excelsis”) more Italian-style than classical
Latin-style (like “K”).

Subject: Re: The Death of COBOL
From: rbowman
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On Sat, 5 Oct 2024 06:40:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 4 Oct 2024 23:49:07 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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>> Church Latin is more silibant.
>
> Also pronounces “C” (e.g. “excelsis”) more Italian-style than classical
> Latin-style (like “K”).

Right . Caesar and kaiser are exactly the same in pronunciation.

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