Cobol - Re: Newsgroup Name Change?

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Re: Newsgroup Name Change?

HeyBub

2007-01-11, 9:55 pm

Alistair wrote:
> In view of the declining popularity of Cobol might I suggest a name
> change to the newsgroup that may aid in boosting the popularity of the
> language amongst the youthfull members of the IT world?
>
> I have previously suggested that we should change the Cobol spelling
> to Kobol (because all

modern applications/utilities related to
> Unix/Linux appear to begin with the letter K (eg Kermit, etc.).

You may be

. "K" sounds are used in the Linux world for two reasons:

1. "K" sounds are funny,
2. Linux devotees can't spell.

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