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Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming

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From: Fabbian G. Dufoe, III
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 02:55
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In article <C003EI.H3u@news.udel.edu> bew@brahms.udel.edu (Ben Williams) writes:
>write application software.  Has anyone written a general purpose language
>to do what I would think is the most common use of computer programming -
>to write application programs?  And if this/these exist, what are they and

   Yes, it's called COBOL.  It's rather widely used. :)

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Subject: Re:  Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
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