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coldDeath · Aug 19th, 2005, 10:18 AM

Tabs are cool, but i don't mind, using tabs is just another method of marking out blocks of code.
It adds to the readability too.

Infinite Recursion · Aug 19th, 2005, 10:28 AM

I suppose it will grow on me. lol

stevengs · Aug 19th, 2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Infinite Recursion

...I remember the days when I had to write code on grid paper to make sure the columns matched up correctly, because the language based its compile procedures depending on which column you were in, I forgot what language that was though... it was around the earlier 90s though.

I think you mean COBOL:

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Traditionally, COBOL programs were written on coding forms and then punched on to punch cards. Although nowadays most programs are entered directly into a computer, some COBOL formatting conventions remain that derive from its ancient punch-card history.

On coding forms, the first six character positions are reserved for sequence numbers. The seventh character position is reserved for the continuation character, or for an asterisk that denotes a comment line.

The actual program text starts in column 8. The four positions from 8 to 11 are known as Area A, and positions from 12 to 72 are Area B.

Although many COBOL compilers ignore some of these formatting restrictions, most still retain the distinction between Area A and Area B.

When a COBOL compiler recognizes the two areas, all division names, section names, paragraph names, FD entries and 01 level numbers must start in Area A. All other sentences must start in Area B.

it is MUCH older than than the early '90s though.

Infinite Recursion · Aug 19th, 2005, 10:43 AM

Indeed... It was Cobol. I just happened to use it in the early 90s... I'm sure it was around when I was in diapers.

skuinders · Aug 19th, 2005, 11:21 AM

COBOL has been around since 1959

Infinite Recursion · Aug 19th, 2005, 11:28 AM

I dunno when it was created or by who... i'm just glad I don't have to use it

skuinders · Aug 19th, 2005, 11:38 AM

Yup, terrible language.

big_k105 · Aug 19th, 2005, 12:41 PM

Its not that bad quit saying its so bad. the language is good at what it is ment for and thats creating reports, but then again in my mind RPG is alot better cause you dont have to write 1000 lines of code to print the same report

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Aug 19th, 2005, 10:43 AM	#14
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	Indeed... It was Cobol. I just happened to use it in the early 90s... I'm sure it was around when I was in diapers. __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Aug 19th, 2005, 11:21 AM	#15
skuinders Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MA, US Posts: 204 Rep Power: 4	COBOL has been around since 1959 __________________ "A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - B. Russell http://web.bryant.edu/~srk2

Aug 19th, 2005, 11:28 AM	#16
Infinite Recursion Programming Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,467 Rep Power: 8	I dunno when it was created or by who... i'm just glad I don't have to use it __________________ http://jasonpowers.net "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."

Aug 19th, 2005, 11:38 AM	#17
skuinders Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: MA, US Posts: 204 Rep Power: 4	Yup, terrible language. __________________ "A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconciously translates what he hears into something he can understand." - B. Russell http://web.bryant.edu/~srk2

Aug 19th, 2005, 10:18 AM	#11
coldDeath Expert Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 862 Rep Power: 4	Tabs are cool, but i don't mind, using tabs is just another method of marking out blocks of code. It adds to the readability too.

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big_k105 PFO Founder Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 1,629 Rep Power: 10	Its not that bad quit saying its so bad. the language is good at what it is ment for and thats creating reports, but then again in my mind RPG is alot better cause you dont have to write 1000 lines of code to print the same report __________________ BIG K aka Kyle Programming Forums Kyle K Online Please do not PM or email me programming questions. Post them in the forums instead.

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