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| DATE | 2009-09-07 |
| FROM | Contrarian
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] any chance of getting a COBOL compiler
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> There's several to choose from, and the real problem here is likely to
> be figuring out which is the one most compatible with what they're
> supposed to be doing their assignments on.
Better sooner than later, is my view. Ruben?
> terminals hooked up to the Burroughs mainframe there. I can't imagine
> what students face today, but I'd guess they're still better off
> avoiding the college's student computing resources.
For the C/C++ kids, the problem is solved.
I'm not sure that all of these ppl are up to installing
any COBOL yet, and I'm fairly sure most of them have
no Linux/Unix acquaintance. One doesn't need much
to *use* it (the main glitch for many with gcc is
capturing the error msgs if they are using pico)
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