longview Posted October 7, 2019 Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/5/2019 at 10:03 AM, Stargazer said: Kolob needn't be in our galaxy at all. Epicenter of the Big Bang?
Stargazer Posted October 8, 2019 Posted October 8, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 2:37 PM, longview said: Epicenter of the Big Bang? Not even there. But if we can believe the physicists, the Big Bang has no epicenter. 1
JWSmith Posted March 23, 2020 Posted March 23, 2020 On "Ancient Aliens: Season 5, Episode 2. I thought it amusing. HOWEVER, the LDS Church might take offense. IF THEY DO and they SUE. I want a 10% finders fee. LOL!
InCognitus Posted March 26, 2020 Posted March 26, 2020 On 10/5/2019 at 9:03 AM, Stargazer said: Kolob needn't be in our galaxy at all. According to the Battlestar Galactica wiki: "Kobol is a planet located somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is a considerable distance away from the Cyrannus star system, enough that its exact location was lost for two thousand years." Wait, I just noticed that's Kobol, not Kolob. Sorry. 1
Stargazer Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 15 hours ago, InCognitus said: According to the Battlestar Galactica wiki: "Kobol is a planet located somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy. It is a considerable distance away from the Cyrannus star system, enough that its exact location was lost for two thousand years." Wait, I just noticed that's Kobol, not Kolob. Sorry. Bro. Larson deliberately misspelled it. Now it's named after a computer programming language: COBOL. Or vice versa.
Calm Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Stargazer said: Bro. Larson deliberately misspelled it. Now it's named after a computer programming language: COBOL. Or vice versa. COBOL came first, 1959 1
longview Posted March 27, 2020 Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Calm said: 4 hours ago, Stargazer said: Bro. Larson deliberately misspelled it. Now it's named after a computer programming language: COBOL. Or vice versa. COBOL came first, 1959 Which has been unfairly maligned as the cause of spaghetti code. When structured programming style was what was needed. Edited March 27, 2020 by longview 1
Stargazer Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) On 3/27/2020 at 3:16 PM, Calm said: COBOL came first, 1959 Amazing Grace! Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, that is! Prominent in computer programmer circles for her involvement in the creation of COBOL. Among many other achievements! Here's the ship named after her, the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG-70): Edited March 29, 2020 by Stargazer
Stargazer Posted March 29, 2020 Posted March 29, 2020 On 3/27/2020 at 4:45 PM, longview said: Which has been unfairly maligned as the cause of spaghetti code. When structured programming style was what was needed. I programmed in COBOL for the first 14 years of my career. I liked that language. 1
InCognitus Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) On 3/27/2020 at 8:16 AM, Calm said: COBOL came first, 1959 Correction, KOLOB came first, 89,239,482,118,001,959 BC. Edit: I checked that date, got it right. Edited March 30, 2020 by InCognitus 1
InCognitus Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 19 hours ago, Stargazer said: I programmed in COBOL for the first 14 years of my career. I liked that language. I programmed in COBOL too, not for as long as you did, but I also liked that language. I learned assembly language first, and COBOL seemed so easy after that But it made complete sense to me (with the PICTURE clauses and all) because of what I knew from assembly language.
Calm Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, InCognitus said: I programmed in COBOL too, not for as long as you did, but I also liked that language. I learned assembly language first, and COBOL seemed so easy after that But it made complete sense to me (with the PICTURE clauses and all) because of what I knew from assembly language. I just learned Fortran...switched to psychology after that semester, so no more computer science classes and just the basics, so forgot them pretty quickly. I think I would have done okay in computer programming, it was general EE part of my EE major I found boring. Chemistry, physics, math were fascinating, computer science decent, EE 'let me out!' Edited March 30, 2020 by Calm
Stargazer Posted March 30, 2020 Posted March 30, 2020 7 hours ago, InCognitus said: I programmed in COBOL too, not for as long as you did, but I also liked that language. I learned assembly language first, and COBOL seemed so easy after that But it made complete sense to me (with the PICTURE clauses and all) because of what I knew from assembly language. I had to pass a class in Assembly to graduate. I managed it, and like you say, it helped understand what was going on behind the scenes. I'm retired now, but I'm tempted to see if there are any places that need a COBOL programmer so I could make a little money on the side. They don't teach COBOL much any longer, so maintaining legacy code is going to be a real problem.
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