From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/01/2026 14:33, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:   
   >   But when someone   
   > learned Biology or other course without job opportunity, learning COBOL   
   > is better than being jobless or working for Mc Donald or other low level   
   > job.   
      
   Precisely. Back in the day I had a GF with a biochemistry degree. The   
   only work she could get was in explosives (S Africa)....a switch to   
   COBOL was a life changer...   
      
   --   
   "An intellectual is a person knowledgeable in one field who speaks out   
   only in others...”   
      
   Tom Wolfe   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)