Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Open source COBOL G/L?

[John R. C. <jo...@we...>]

On Friday 29 December 2006 02:48, David Essex wrote:
> John R. Culleton wrote:
>  > Unfortunately the source files and the executables
>  > are at the bottom of our landfill, along with the
>  > 8 inch floppies and the Tandy 6000.

>  > All I have left is some docementation and the source
>  > listings from two utilities, a screen writer and a
>  > menu maker.
>  > I threw out most of the source about 15 years ago.
>
> Seams to be common practice, even with mainframe shops, to discard the
> sources.
>
Usually this happens when the outfit is reorganized and/or moves to new space.
In my case the (new) wife insisted that the basement be converted from dungeon 
to family room, which meant covering over my ugly but useful built in 
shelving, which meant---. But I should have squirreled away the source 
listings nevertheless. Who knew?

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