On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 03:47:56PM -0400, David J.A. Koogler wrote: > Perhaps because COBOL gets the job done. How many other languages > support decimal arithmetic, Ada LRM 3.5.9 , 3.5.10 , F.2 > have extensive database (record-level) accessing, Ada LRM A.8.4 , A.8.5 > provide PICTURE formatting, Ada LRM F.3 (abundant!) > or give a report writing mechanism? please explain (us) in short words. > COBOL has its place in the world just as Ada has its COBOL had its place. -- Peter Hermann Tel+49-711-685-3611 Fax3758 [log in to unmask] Pfaffenwaldring 27 Raum 114, D-70569 Stuttgart Uni Computeranwendungen http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/ Team Ada: "C'mon people let the world begin" (Paul McCartney)