Re: Why are women too dumb to program a computer???

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From: Wojtek
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:40

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nebulous99@gmail.com wrote :
> On Oct 21, 2:56 am, Roedy Green <see_webs...@mindprod.com.invalid>
> wrote:
>> You are aware that Grace Hopper invented COBOL.
>
> Not exactly a ringing endorsement of women in technical fields, I'm
> afraid...:)

COBOl was created as a higher level langauge, but it was also written 
to be understood by managers. The idea was that managers could look at 
the COBOL code and approve the business logic.

Which is why COBOL is so wordy. With a little care you can have the 
entire program read like a book.

-- 
Wojtek :-)

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