[Slightly OT] "NASA Uses COBOL"

[Shlomi Fish]

Back when we discussed the "NASA Uses Python" in April, 2008, I said that:

[quote]
However, this thread gave me a really wicked idea for a parody site (not just
of http://www.python.org/ of course), which I'm planning to take forward.
[/quote]

( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.advocacy/2008/04/msg2394.html )

Now, due to some recent developments, I feel that I've kinda missed its boat,
but I still set up a page which contains my old ideas:

http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/COBOL-the-New-Age-Programming-Language/

So now it's official - "NASA Uses COBOL". Hope you enjoy it.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

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[Walt Mankowski]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 04:33:14PM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> So now it's official - "NASA Uses COBOL". Hope you enjoy it.

Like any other big organization that's been using computers since the
60s, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they still have some COBOL
systems in use. I don't see what this has to do with Perl though.

Walt

[Shlomi Fish]

Well, nothing except for the fact that the idea for that page evolved from a
discussion about the Python site on this list (advo...@perl.org) . Well,
maybe I'm also parodying my own http://perl-begin.org/ a little on that page
(and similar sites for modern languages).

I mentioned the entire story in the original message which you've trimmed.

[Georgios Magklaras]

On 08/07/2010 03:33 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> Back when we discussed the "NASA Uses Python" in April, 2008, I said that:
>
> [quote]
> However, this thread gave me a really wicked idea for a parody site (not just
> of http://www.python.org/ of course), which I'm planning to take forward.
> [/quote]
>
> ( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.advocacy/2008/04/msg2394.html )
>
> Now, due to some recent developments, I feel that I've kinda missed its boat,
> but I still set up a page which contains my old ideas:
>
> http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/COBOL-the-New-Age-Programming-Language/
>
> So now it's official - "NASA Uses COBOL". Hope you enjoy it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Shlomi Fish
>

"NASA Uses COBOL.

And so do:

* Your bank....
...
COBOL is the old JAVA"

Actually, that's why I am worried about JAVA and changed my bank. The
new one does not use JAVA to authenticate me to the net bank.

"...
COBOL has an Object-Oriented Programming extension called "ADD 1 TO
COBOL GIVING COBOL".

So, ehmmm, "MUL 1 times COBOL GIVING EMPTY OBJECT" :-)

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[Shlomi Fish]

On Sunday 08 August 2010 22:29:16 Georgios Magklaras wrote:
> On 08/07/2010 03:33 PM, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > Back when we discussed the "NASA Uses Python" in April, 2008, I said
> > that:
> >
> > [quote]
> > However, this thread gave me a really wicked idea for a parody site (not
> > just of http://www.python.org/ of course), which I'm planning to take
> > forward. [/quote]
> >
> > ( http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.advocacy/2008/04/msg2394.html )
> >
> > Now, due to some recent developments, I feel that I've kinda missed its
> > boat, but I still set up a page which contains my old ideas:
> >
> > http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/COBOL-the-New-Age-Programming-Langu
> > age/
> >
> > So now it's official - "NASA Uses COBOL". Hope you enjoy it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
>
> "NASA Uses COBOL.
>
> And so do:
>
> * Your bank....
> ...
> COBOL is the old JAVA"
>
> Actually, that's why I am worried about JAVA and changed my bank. The
> new one does not use JAVA to authenticate me to the net bank.
>

Java's name is not spelled "JAVA" with all-capitals - just "Java" (with an
initial capital letter). See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_%28programming_language%29

In case you didn't get the joke, "COBOL is the old Java" is a twist on the
"Java is the new COBOL" meme.

I'm sorry to hear about your bank, but I also switched banks because my old
bank's site hadn't supported Firefox.

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

> "...
> COBOL has an Object-Oriented Programming extension called "ADD 1 TO
> COBOL GIVING COBOL".
>
> So, ehmmm, "MUL 1 times COBOL GIVING EMPTY OBJECT" :-)

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[brian d foy]

In article <201008071633....@iglu.org.il>, Shlomi Fish
<shl...@iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Back when we discussed the "NASA Uses Python" in April, 2008, I said that:

One day I'd like to read a message on this list that advocates Perl
instead of focussing on what some other language is doing. Perhaps you
could use all that energy you have to do more positive for Perl instead
of worrying about what Python is doing.