[Info-vax] VMS Cobol - GnuCOBOL

[ultr...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 8:06:31 AM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-02-21, ultr... at gmail.com <ultr... at gmail.com> wrote: 
> > On Friday, February 17, 2023 at 1:35:57 PM UTC-5, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> >> Nothing as far as I am aware. Bob just likes to claim that DIBOL is 
> >> the answer to everything. It's not. In a previous life, I used to 
> >> write some applications in it, and while its well suited to certain 
> >> applications, it is not a general language in the same way as say 
> >> C++, Ada, Pascal, or Java. 
> >> 
> >> It also suffers from not having a free version so you have to pay 
> >> for the compiler (and unless the payment model has changed over the 
> >> last decade or so), you also have to pay for runtime licences. 
> >> 
> >
> > C ???? AT LEAST DIBOL CAN BE DEBUGGED ...
> Bob, where did I mention C in the above list ?
> Simon. 
> 
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> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
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"Nothing as far as I am aware. Bob just likes to claim that DIBOL is
the answer to everything. It's not. In a previous life, I used to
write some applications in it, and while its well suited to certain
applications, it is not a general language in the same way as say
>>>> C++ <<<<

IF THAT ISN'T A PROMOTION OF C OVER DIBOL I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ...