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  • J Jorgen Andersson

    You have moved up in the world now. :-D

    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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    Nagy Vilmos
    wrote on last edited by
    #12

    In the balance, I'd lean towards COBOL over VB6 just for the novelty value.

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    • D DeathByChocolate

      Oh drat! .... that's my laptop cover gone! :mad: ... unless I can come up with an even better post to persuade Griff that I deserve it the most ... This is for you Griff!!![^]:rose::rose::rose: :-D

      "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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      Mike Hankey
      wrote on last edited by
      #13

      Too funny! You must really want that sleeve?

      Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

        000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
        000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
        000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
        000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
        000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
        000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
        000070 FILE-CONTROL.
        000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
        000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
        000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
        000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
        000120
        000130 DATA DIVISION.
        000140 FILE SECTION.
        000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
        000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
        000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
        000180 01 GRIFF-IN
        000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
        000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
        000190
        000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
        000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
        000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
        000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
        000240
        000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
        000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
        000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
        000270
        000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
        000321
        000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
        000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
        000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
        000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
        000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
        000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
        000380 END-READ.
        000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
        000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
        000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
        000430 VILMOS-FILE.
        000440 STOP RUN.
        000450
        000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
        000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
        000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
        000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
        000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
        000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
        000520 END-READ.

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        Nueman
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        #14

        You forgot to put NSFW in the subject line.

        What we got here is a failure to communicate

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        • N Nagy Vilmos

          In the balance, I'd lean towards COBOL over VB6 just for the novelty value.

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          Jorgen Andersson
          wrote on last edited by
          #15

          And you're also moving away from VB6, just not as far as you'd want to.

          Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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          • D DeathByChocolate

            Oh drat! .... that's my laptop cover gone! :mad: ... unless I can come up with an even better post to persuade Griff that I deserve it the most ... This is for you Griff!!![^]:rose::rose::rose: :-D

            "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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            Nagy Vilmos
            wrote on last edited by
            #16

            I'll see you and raise you![^]

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            • N Nagy Vilmos

              You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

              000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
              000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
              000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
              000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
              000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
              000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
              000070 FILE-CONTROL.
              000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
              000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
              000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
              000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
              000120
              000130 DATA DIVISION.
              000140 FILE SECTION.
              000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
              000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
              000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
              000180 01 GRIFF-IN
              000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
              000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
              000190
              000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
              000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
              000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
              000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
              000240
              000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
              000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
              000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
              000270
              000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
              000321
              000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
              000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
              000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
              000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
              000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
              000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
              000380 END-READ.
              000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
              000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
              000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
              000430 VILMOS-FILE.
              000440 STOP RUN.
              000450
              000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
              000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
              000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
              000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
              000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
              000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
              000520 END-READ.

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              wrote on last edited by
              #17

              Aaaaah my eyes X| No kidding, we had COBOL in uni. Two years in a row and two years in a row I woke up screaming of the nightmares I had the night before the exam. (true story actually :sigh: ) So griff, for all my suffering, I still deserve the laptop sleeve no ;P ?

              V.
              (MQOTD rules and previous solutions)

              OriginalGriff wrote:

              V is absolutely right

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              • J Jorgen Andersson

                And you're also moving away from VB6, just not as far as you'd want to.

                Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello[^]

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                Nagy Vilmos
                wrote on last edited by
                #18

                :sigh:

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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

                  000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
                  000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
                  000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
                  000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
                  000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
                  000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
                  000070 FILE-CONTROL.
                  000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
                  000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                  000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
                  000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                  000120
                  000130 DATA DIVISION.
                  000140 FILE SECTION.
                  000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
                  000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                  000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
                  000180 01 GRIFF-IN
                  000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
                  000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
                  000190
                  000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
                  000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                  000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
                  000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
                  000240
                  000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
                  000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
                  000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
                  000270
                  000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
                  000321
                  000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                  000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
                  000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
                  000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
                  000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
                  000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                  000380 END-READ.
                  000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
                  000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
                  000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
                  000430 VILMOS-FILE.
                  000440 STOP RUN.
                  000450
                  000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                  000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
                  000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
                  000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
                  000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
                  000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                  000520 END-READ.

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                  Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #19

                  Now that was a real hit - I didn't saw COBOL for over 15 years...You made my day (or what left of it)!

                  I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)

                  "It never ceases to amaze me that a spacecraft launched in 1977 can be fixed remotely from Earth." ― Brian Cox

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

                    000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
                    000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
                    000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
                    000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
                    000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
                    000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
                    000070 FILE-CONTROL.
                    000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
                    000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                    000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
                    000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                    000120
                    000130 DATA DIVISION.
                    000140 FILE SECTION.
                    000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
                    000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                    000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
                    000180 01 GRIFF-IN
                    000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
                    000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
                    000190
                    000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
                    000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                    000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
                    000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
                    000240
                    000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
                    000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
                    000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
                    000270
                    000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
                    000321
                    000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                    000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
                    000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
                    000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
                    000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
                    000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                    000380 END-READ.
                    000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
                    000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
                    000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
                    000430 VILMOS-FILE.
                    000440 STOP RUN.
                    000450
                    000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                    000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
                    000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
                    000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
                    000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
                    000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                    000520 END-READ.

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                    Tim Carmichael
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #20

                    My eyes are burning... haven't had to look at COBOL since college...

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                    • Mike HankeyM Mike Hankey

                      Too funny! You must really want that sleeve?

                      Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever! Rich Tennant 5th Wave

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                      DeathByChocolate
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #21

                      Well, I do like a challenge (and I know the way to Griff's heart)! :-D

                      "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                        I'll see you and raise you![^]

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                        DeathByChocolate
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #22

                        :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I fail to see how that, which is basically a balloon badly shaped as a fluffy animal, is better than 4, that is FOUR, perfectly formed chocolate sheep! Your raise is a fail! ;P

                        "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                        • D DeathByChocolate

                          :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: I fail to see how that, which is basically a balloon badly shaped as a fluffy animal, is better than 4, that is FOUR, perfectly formed chocolate sheep! Your raise is a fail! ;P

                          "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                          Nagy Vilmos
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                          #23

                          But you see young lady, you can't [REDACTED] chocolate!

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                          • N Nagy Vilmos

                            But you see young lady, you can't [REDACTED] chocolate!

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                            DeathByChocolate
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #24

                            ... all I got from that was "young" and "lady"! ;P

                            "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                            • N Nagy Vilmos

                              You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

                              000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
                              000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
                              000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
                              000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
                              000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
                              000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
                              000070 FILE-CONTROL.
                              000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
                              000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                              000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
                              000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                              000120
                              000130 DATA DIVISION.
                              000140 FILE SECTION.
                              000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
                              000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                              000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
                              000180 01 GRIFF-IN
                              000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
                              000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
                              000190
                              000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
                              000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                              000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
                              000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
                              000240
                              000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
                              000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
                              000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
                              000270
                              000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
                              000321
                              000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                              000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
                              000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
                              000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
                              000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
                              000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                              000380 END-READ.
                              000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
                              000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
                              000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
                              000430 VILMOS-FILE.
                              000440 STOP RUN.
                              000450
                              000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                              000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
                              000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
                              000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
                              000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
                              000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                              000520 END-READ.

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                              BobJanova
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                              #25

                              I don't understand this. I think that makes me young and lucky.

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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                In the balance, I'd lean towards COBOL over VB6 just for the novelty value.

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                                Roger Wright
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                                #26

                                Nagy Vilmos wrote:

                                I'd lean towards COBOL over VB6 just for the novelty value.

                                Not to mention the increased efficiency!

                                Will Rogers never met me.

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                                • D DeathByChocolate

                                  Well, I do like a challenge (and I know the way to Griff's heart)! :-D

                                  "State acheived after eating too many chocolate-covered coconut bars - bountiful" Chris C-B

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                                  Roger Wright
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #27

                                  DeathByChocolate wrote:

                                  I know the way to Griff's heart)

                                  Would that be the sheep, or the chocolate? ;)

                                  Will Rogers never met me.

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                                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                                    You said Tuesday was good for COBOL:

                                    000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
                                    000020 PROGRAM-ID. SLEEVE.
                                    000030 AUTHOR. NAGY VILMOS.
                                    000040 DATE-WRITTEN. 2014-03-25
                                    000050 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
                                    000060 INPUT-OUTPUT SECTION.
                                    000070 FILE-CONTROL.
                                    000080 SELECT GRIFF-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSIN
                                    000090 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                                    000100 SELECT VILMOS-FILE ASSIGN TO SYSOUT
                                    000110 ORGANIZATION IS LINE SEQUENTIAL.
                                    000120
                                    000130 DATA DIVISION.
                                    000140 FILE SECTION.
                                    000150 FD GRIFF-FILE
                                    000160 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                                    000170 DATA RECORD IS GRIFF-IN.
                                    000180 01 GRIFF-IN
                                    000181 05 SOURCE PIC X(11).
                                    000182 05 FILLER PIC X(69).
                                    000190
                                    000200 FD VILMOS-FILE
                                    000210 RECORD CONTAINS 80 CHARACTERS
                                    000220 DATA RECORD IS VILMOS-OUT.
                                    000230 01 VILMOS-OUT PIC X(80).
                                    000240
                                    000250 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
                                    000260 01 DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH PIC X(2) VALUE SPACES.
                                    000261 01 RECORDS-WRITTEN PIC 99.
                                    000270
                                    000320 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
                                    000321
                                    000330 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                                    000340 OPEN INPUT GRIFF-FILE
                                    000350 OUTPUT VILMOS-FILE.
                                    000351 MOVE ZERO TO RECORDS-WRITTEN.
                                    000360 READ GRIFF-FILE
                                    000370 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                                    000380 END-READ.
                                    000390 PERFORM TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE
                                    000410 UNTIL DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH = 'NO'.
                                    000420 CLOSE GRIFF-FILE
                                    000430 VILMOS-FILE.
                                    000440 STOP RUN.
                                    000450
                                    000460 TRANSFER-LAPTOP-SLEEVE.
                                    000470 MOVE GRIFF-IN TO VILMOS-OUT.
                                    000480 IF SOURCE = 'CODEPROJECT'
                                    000490 WRITE VILMOS-OUT.
                                    000500 READ GRIFF-FILE
                                    000510 AT END MOVE 'NO' TO DATA-REMAINS-SWITCH
                                    000520 END-READ.

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                                    Roger Wright
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                                    #28

                                    Brilliant! :-D I haven't done/seen COBOL since 1975! It took 200 Hollerith cards to do a 'Hello World' program, and my version generated 152 errors while compiling. The computer center expert that 'owned' the sacred COBOL manual could not identify one thing wrong with my code. That was my first and last attempt to use it, and I've never missed it. X|

                                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                                      Brilliant! :-D I haven't done/seen COBOL since 1975! It took 200 Hollerith cards to do a 'Hello World' program, and my version generated 152 errors while compiling. The computer center expert that 'owned' the sacred COBOL manual could not identify one thing wrong with my code. That was my first and last attempt to use it, and I've never missed it. X|

                                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                                      Nagy Vilmos
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                                      #29

                                      For five years I was a fully paid up COBOL CODE MONKEY, it took me ages to stop using capitals.

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                                      • N Nagy Vilmos

                                        For five years I was a fully paid up COBOL CODE MONKEY, it took me ages to stop using capitals.

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                                        Roger Wright
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #30

                                        Oh, you poor man! That explains so much about the way you turned out... :omg:

                                        Will Rogers never met me.

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                                        • R Roger Wright

                                          Brilliant! :-D I haven't done/seen COBOL since 1975! It took 200 Hollerith cards to do a 'Hello World' program, and my version generated 152 errors while compiling. The computer center expert that 'owned' the sacred COBOL manual could not identify one thing wrong with my code. That was my first and last attempt to use it, and I've never missed it. X|

                                          Will Rogers never met me.

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                                          Steve Mayfield
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #31

                                          Probably left off the '.' at the end of a line ;)

                                          Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am

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