Do you prefer readability or less typing?<br><br>On Monday, October 20, 2014, Robert Timmer-Arends <<a href="mailto:timmer@westnet.com.au">timmer@westnet.com.au</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div><font face="Arial">yes, it's a long way from</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">017 ADD 1
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<div><font face="Arial">to</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">recordCount++</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial">Regards</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial">Robert T-A</font></div>
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<a title="savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au" href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','savage.john.l@edumail.vic.gov.au');" target="_blank">Savage, John L</a> </div>
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 20, 2014 10:49
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<div style="FONT:10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Year 12 IT Apps] Ouch!</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just ran across this comment on COBOL by Turing Award
recipient Edsger Dijkstra in 1975<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should,
therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense."<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In 1975 somebody was trying to teach me COBOL, I was
inclined to agree.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Laurie
Savage<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a href="http://accelerus.pvgc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://accelerus.pvgc.vic.edu.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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