Re: Y2K False Alarm or Programmers LOOT the Public Purse (was: millennium Reading)

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From: rog... Andrew Rogers
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 00:00

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In article <6j84gq$8...@fcnews.fc.hp.com> Jim Rogers <jfr@fc.hp.~remove~~com> writes:
>>    Ignorance & cheapness. That's why Y2K is such a major
>>    problem now. Wait until your local nuke plant screws up
>>    because of this - or your airliners computer - or a cruise
>>    missile -  or (worst of all) the local sewage treatment plant.
>
>Has the market on COBOL programmers taken off, yet? 

It sure has.  Not just programmers, but compiler specialists as well - it's
been 15 years since I've seen a line of PL/I and well over 20 since I've
seen a line of COBOL, but that doesn't stop headhunters from cold-calling
me every few months on behalf of client companies seeking people to write
COBOL and/or PL/I front ends for use in Y2K automated conversion tools.  I
presume they're getting my name from the ACM/SIGPLAN mailing list, even
though I haven't been a member in years.

Andrew

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From: rog...@star.Hi.COM (Andrew Rogers)
Subject: Re: Y2K False Alarm or Programmers LOOT the Public Purse (was: millennium Reading)
Date: 1998/05/11
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