[Info-vax] VMS documentation, was: Re: Special deals on Tape Drives

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 3/17/22 16:14, Dave Froble wrote:
> Thinking a bit more about it ...
> 
> On 3/17/2022 12:58 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 3/16/2022 8:21 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> On 3/16/2022 8:09 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>> On 3/16/2022 7:53 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>>> I think it would have been difficult to find a language easier to 
>>>>> learn
>>>>> than Pascal.
>>>>
>>>> Basic on the various DEC systems.
>>>
>>> Wirth, Dijkstra etc. did not like Basic.
> 
> Bill's professors don't seem to like Cobol, at least according to Bill.

Not just the professors I worked with, the academic world.  It turns
out there are a few left, but you will find very little mention of
them or COBOL in academic circles.  I have never seen an article
about COBOL in Communications of the ACM.  I doubt you could get
one published if you submitted it.

> 
>> What makes them right, and others wrong?
> 
> What makes them right and people using Cobol wrong?

You do realize this is yet another apples/oranges argument, right?

bill