RE: Basic Cobol

["Alistair Rooney" <alistairr@xxxxxxxxxx>]

<Hannibal Lector voice>...and I'll wash my Cobol down with a nice
Chianti....

No, I know it's gross, but hey I still remember it 18 years after writing my
last Cobol program!

Now I'm just going to lie down in a dark room for a while....

Alistair Lector..I mean..Rooney
Alistair Rooney
Software Engineer
Tibbett & Britten Africa
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Andrew Borts
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 6:42 PM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: Basic Cobol


Do NOT make Mr Rooney angry everyone... Good Job Alistair VERY visual!  I
like it ... We're all using Cobol Now!!  None of us use RPG anymore ... I
swear it!  David - rename the list for Mr. Rooney - quickly!!

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Alistair Rooney [SMTP:alistairr@tbsa.co.za]
Sent:   Tuesday, January 30, 2001 3:34 AM
To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        RE: Basic Cobol

 << File: ATT00003.htm >> Keith,

I eat dead people. Now you will NEVER forget the four divisions in a COBOL
program. Identification, Environment, Data Division and Procedure. The
first
is kinda sorta like an H-spec in a way, almost. The Environment tells your
compiler what Environment you are running on. (Source Machine etc). Data
defines all you Data, like I-specs and D-specs and procedure does the work
in a lovely free format style (almost, there are some columns involved).

But my vision of hell is up to your waist in boiling manure while writing
endless COBOL programs. So good luck.

Alistair

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Keith Flournoy
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 5:08 AM
To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
Subject: Basic Cobol



I am an RPG developer and I have not used COBOL in the past. Can anyone
tell
me how to write a basic COBOL program. An example would be how to compile a
COBOL program that uses a physical or logical file. Thanks.



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