IBM Launches New COBOL Training Initiative

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(04-14-2020 06:03 PM)rprosperi Wrote:  IBM Launches New COBOL Training Initiative

The instructor demonstrated to us that a working COBOL program could be caused to generate 3+ pages(!) of error messages during the compile phase by simply misplacing a single period.

We were more careful then. It used to take two days from the time we submitted a deck of punched cards (TSO? What's that?) to get a job turned around so we desk checked very carefully. A missed period was always a potential problem.