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James H H Lampert is right about IBM getting the names backwards. Many years ago I developed training for a new mainframe COBOL compiler that IBM was developing. Rumor had it that the developers wanted to call it "IBM COBOL", but the lawyers were afraid of getting sued by two guys who were selling a PC product under that name. So, they came up with "New Function COBOL," since it was the first to incorporate structured programming constructs, such as ENDIF. The problem was that they printed the pre-production manuals as "NF COBOL," and the labs started making up their own interpretation of the "NF". After another pass, no one on the committee could find an objection to "VS COBOL II." Boring, but safe. We were not surprised when we finished the training materials a full year before IBM finished the compiler. They were still in a meeting when we finished the project and went home. See you at COMMON. Bill. Hansen Manta Technologies Inc. (847) 382-7189 whansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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