[Info-vax] Writer advice requested

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 15-11-2010 22:17, Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> On 11/15/2010 7:55 PM, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article<4ce1bedc$0$29264$c3e8da3$88b277c5 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> Mezei<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes:
>>> Rob Brown wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What's wrong with COBOL?
>>>>
>>>> A cross between Assembler and English, with all the disadvantages of
>>>> both.
>>>
>>>
>>> This brings instant image of Mr VAXman doing kernel code in COBOL :-)
>>
>> Never. I still can't figure out where the code is in all the PIC crap.
>> When I see PIC, I think Position Independent Code.
>
> In COBOL "PIC" means "PICture". It's more or less the equivalent of a
> FORTRAN "FORMAT" statement and describes how input data or output data
> is to be formatted.

COBOL PIC is for a single variable.

FORTRAN FORMAT is for one or more READ/WRITE statements.

Arne