tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post1273353037878559596..comments2023-10-08T21:27:50.662+11:00Comments on Plumbing the Deeps: The beat of a different drumJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00647929951322724618noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-25981667420214101142009-01-12T21:22:00.000+11:002009-01-12T21:22:00.000+11:00Well - I'll be blowed!I did Assembler, Cobol&a...Well - I'll be blowed!<BR/><BR/>I did Assembler, Cobol& RPG and my then-husband did Fortran.<BR/><BR/>Those statistics are mind-boggling. It means that there are still people out there writing Cobol programs ... Why? I guess it also means that there are still massive mainframes on stand-alone airconditioned floors. Surely it doesn't mean that there are still coding sheets, punch-cards and nightly processing runs! Oh spare me ...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-42777007597588931692009-01-12T20:38:00.000+11:002009-01-12T20:38:00.000+11:00Julie, I am enjoying the stories. Family history i...Julie, I am enjoying the stories. Family history is an intriquing topic to write and read. But for me one thing really stuck out -- Cobol -- ancient history. I was writing Fortran and Assembler at the time. The reason why I popped back to add a comment I read an interesting statistic in today's Computerworld "According to COBOL purveyor Microfocus, COBOL programs today process 75% of the world's business data and around 90% of all financial transactions". It just won't die!Joan Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358008925558240778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-193666883190375652009-01-09T09:01:00.000+11:002009-01-09T09:01:00.000+11:00The "disconnectedness", but that is only my opinio...The "disconnectedness", but that is only my opinion. Neither he nor Dad can remember the madness. Barry has filtered it out and only mentions the mainstream things that occurred in his life from 16 to 36. He could not have gone on remaining "mad": he would have exploded and harmed himself just to get it to stop. He will be down again for our "christmas" next weekend. He sleeps on a mattress on my living room floor. He is exhausting because he talks all the time because normally he is alone. He goes to bed when it gets dark and gets up when it gets light. His only companions are his dogs. That is why he joined the church. But that is for the next and final instalment.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550214407269277609.post-36804932279000003042009-01-09T07:58:00.000+11:002009-01-09T07:58:00.000+11:00Which is the lesser of the two evils - the madness...Which is the lesser of the two evils - the madness or the disconnectedness?freefallinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863000229609701796noreply@blogger.com