On 30/08/2020 16:40, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2020 19:49:09 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>
>> I started programming in 1978 and have a slightly different take on it.
>>
> Unspotted mistake - for 1978 read 1968 - that was when I joined ICL and
> learned PLAN assembler.

I was going to pull you up on that as Cobol was well established by 78,
but figured from the rest of the post that wasn't right.

In any case I was born in 1968, and started programming on the BBC Micro
in the early 80s, so luckily I avoided Cobol then and ever since.

---druck

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