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COBOL programmer for cash? Been there, done that. I hated it so much I left to work on a Pick/BASIC system.

• edw519 18y ago
  I've worked with many technologies (including COBOL), but my favorite is still Pick/BASIC. I thought I was the only Pick person here at hacker news. astrec, where are you and what are you working on? Answer here or contact me off-line. Also, please put your email address on your public profile.
  • astrec 18y ago
    It's astonishing how many people you meet that have worked with Pick, and perhaps less so the percentage of those who love it. I know a whole stack of people using UniVerse and UniData. As for me, I worked with AP on SVR4 (NCR)and D3 on UnixWare in the 90s. Actually there were some old ADDS boxes kicking around too. Inventory management and accounting. I quit to join a dot com in Feb 2000. Clever of me, eh? Right now I'm in Australia for the most part (have a place in NYC too). Not working on anything particularly important, but I am getting the itch.
    • stcredzero 18y ago
      Any MANTIS people out there? Not a MANTIS coder myself, but I used to work for the vendor.
    • stcredzero 18y ago
      Speaking of historical mainframe languages, any MANTIS people out there? Not a MANTIS coder myself, but I used to work for the vendor.