On Friday, 96/08/23, Andrew Grillet wrote to David Noon about "PL/I
for OS/2" as follows:

AG>  DN> Hmm ... if I wrote a program to win the football pools (soccer season
AG>  DN> has just started) I could ... probably do better pricking the entry
AG>  
AG> I have such a program, and it works, but its not in PL/1. 

Hi Andrew,

What algorithm do you use? I've never noticed anything consistent
about soccer, and I've been watching it on and off for 35 years.

AG> I am porting it from dBase to Oracle. 

If you port it to DB2/2 it would even be on-topic for this echo.
[Hint, hint]

AG> (Its main purpose is to keep up my skill in database programming
AG> while I am workig on contracts in C/C++.)

Well, I'm currently working as a sort-of DBA laying out DB2 tables at
the moment. No C/C++ required. ... :-) No COBOL required. ... :-))

AG> I am hoping to be able to afford a full Oracle system when I win.

You'll need to scoop the big one for that. Perhaps DB2/2 would be a
more economic option.

AG> (Actually I have had as many as 10 wins a season, but they 
AG> were all very small.)

I've had 2 in the last 12 years. However, since I spent most of that
in America I didn't put in many entries.

Regards

Dave


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