That's not too far wrong! (btw, Dave H., I seem to be trapped in your greylist) On Fri, 8 Jan 2021, 09:26 Nemo Nusquam, wrote: > On 01/07/21 17:56, Stuart Remphrey wrote (in part): > > > Dave, who's kept his COBOL knowledge a secret in every job > > > > Indeed! [...]; but especially COBOL: apart from everything else, too > > much like writing a novel to get anything done. > As long as we are bashing COBOL, I recall that someone -- name forgotten > -- wrote a parody that contained statements such as "Verily, let the > noble variable N be assigned the value known as one". > > N. >