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From: jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman)
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Subject: Re: COBOL, Article on new mainframe use
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In article <va2ne1$1uo38$1@dont-email.me>, sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid
(Stephen Fuld) wrote:


> ... you are confusing two different computer lines. 

Yes, I was. I thought the COBOL compiler with inline assembler was on the
Algol-based Large Scale system. I think calling that combination
eccentric would have been fair comment. 

John