Subj : Re: Old Geek Thoughts...
To   : seeLive
From : GeekWisdom
Date : Tue Jan 04 2022 02:37:19

-=> seeLive wrote to GeekWisdom <=-

 se> I used to manage a small team of COBOL GEN programmers... although, I
 se> don't think they could code in it either... GEN is a CA product that is
 se> for menu-driven development... companies have been trying to bring
 se> programming to the masses forever.... maybe someday it will work.

Funny coincidences!

 The group I know with used MicroFocus COBOL, but the actual team I was on as
 release coordinator the programmers used CA GEN not for COBOL (formally
COOLGEN).

 It's a pretty neat under appreciated language. Programmers can't really make
syntax
 errors in it because you don't really 'type' in it as much as select the
statements, variables
 etc from a list.  What's cooler is you can choose your output language, and
then have that language
 compile it.  On the team I was part of, they output to "C", later to java, and
just as I was leaving
 they had converted an old-style terminal like program to a full web based
interface.

Small World!

 se> _____________________________________________________________________

 se> (,``,"> rusty sez... Re-livin' the dream...

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