Any COBOL programmers here?
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How hard is it to learn Cobol if you’re proficient in a later language I wonder? A lot of banks still use Cobol too. You could have a job for life without ever having to adapt.
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From this article
But COBOL veterans say it takes more than just knowing the language itself. COBOL-based systems vary widely and original programmers rarely wrote handbooks, making trouble-shooting difficult for others.
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Yeah, if it was that easy everyone would be doing it. It does show the value of good documentation though. Everything should be designed so that the next generation can read it.
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Hey I worked on a COBOL system (in the 80’s too) to rewrite parts and add to the system. And I fit the age group.
80’s computer, probably be able to run the whole machine code on simulator a whole faster than the 80’s hardware can run it
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Cobol was one of my first languages running in a Univac 9300 mainframe. Of course using punch cards that I stored in shoe boxes.
I’m too old…
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Those innovative Scots…
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EffYouCeeKay the Mail - and any CeeYouNumptyTwat daft enough to believe a word in it
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From Fuck - Wikipedia
There is a theory that f*** is most likely derived from Flemish, German, or Dutch roots, and is probably not derived from an Old English root.
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Scots has many words that have Flemish, German, Dutch roots rather than Old English. The languages developed in parallel, Scots, while influenced by Old English is NOT a direct descendant. Uncomfortable though that easily provable fact is for the English imperialists.
Fleming , for instance is a good Scots name. It came from Belgium around 1450. Directly. Not via England. Who knpws, maybe some of these Belgian weavers were right sweary bassas?
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Dutch has more creativity in swearing then a 4 letter word. Ps, the most famous written Old Dutch (from the 11th-century) was found in Kent. Probably a West Flemish monk who moved to Kent.
Also today: the first virtual Tour of Flanders cycling race. The real one wasn’t possible, due to corona.
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I may regret this but, Willie what does Fleming mean?
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A Fleming, an immigrant from Flanders, is how I have always understood it. Perhaps it may also describe a particular function within the weaving/textile trade, which was the role most immigrants from Flanders filled - or so I believe. Perhaps analogous to “fuller” or something?
Remember most surnames are either origin or trade related.
EDIT: Now I think about it almost defintely a corruption of Vlamming - , someone from Vlamms. - need a Dutch/Belgian person to spell all this correctly
Don’t worry, I’ll make you regret something else 
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That is an excellent reference. esp neuken I bet this is the origin of the phrase “to get your nookie” - and if not, it should be
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At first I thought was photoshopped…
They don’t make them like that any more.