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Ms. Toad

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10. Regardless of the device being printed on,

Reply to Brenda (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 21, 2025, 04:53 PM

Mar 2025

(billboard, computer screen, paper) The message displayed is the equivalent of the first program you write in every computer class I've ever taken or learned (COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, BASIC, Unix, Java, Python): Make the receiving device display, "Hello World.

That's a single line program in BASIC. In COBOL it takes around 6 lines.

COBOL is a program best suited for business/accounting functions - not for displaying messages.

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New electronic billboard with absurd message [View all] Brenda Mar 2025 OP

If one were to hack into that sign, only one word change would be necessary: Ocelot II Mar 2025 #1

Good idea! Brenda Mar 2025 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author central scrutinizer Mar 2025 #13

The "Elon is so wonderful" bots are everywhere. louis-t Mar 2025 #2

That sounds perfectly horrid, however... Brenda Mar 2025 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Mar 2025 #4

No one in their right mind would use COBOL to execute a simple print function. n/t Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #5

You overestimate the IQ of my neighbors. Brenda Mar 2025 #9

Regardless of the device being printed on, Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #10

lol ok Brenda Mar 2025 #11

I figured that. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #12

someone needs to cross out "American citizens" Skittles Mar 2025 #6

Yes, Dear Leader. Of course, Dear Leader. Anything You say, Dear Leader. Aristus Mar 2025 #7

Done more to hurt American citizens than any other president Emile Mar 2025 #14

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