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To: John Mansfield who wrote (2092)	7/8/1998 4:14:00 PM
From: Harmattan	Respond to of 9818

John, Thank you for your efforts regarding the bug. If not fully appreciated now, someday it will be. Question for Canadians: Does anyone know of a condensed refresher course for ex-programmers (as in been out of the business for a decade) in Canada geared toward shovelling new workers into the Y2K hole? Or if not the names of specific courses and/or institutions, a suggestion on how to look further? thanks, ghunk

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2092)	7/8/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'When You Lose Old Code for Lost Languages Comment: This posting on de Jager's Forum points to a serious problem: recovering lost source code. COBOL is common; PL/I isn't. But there is PL/I code out there. How can a programmer deal with it? If you have the missing information, let him know. * * * * * * * * * * Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 From: lfreeman lfreeman@MCI2000.com Subject: Re: Source Regenerators: Missing Source - PL/I Chas: Regarding your question of regenerating source code for PL/I - we're not aware of any product or service that provides this recovery service. The Source Recovery Company recovers COBOL from object modules, and we're occasionally asked about PL/I -- something we don't handle. If there is such a service, we'd also like to hear about it. Lee Freeman The Source Recovery Company 508-626-9955 garynorth.com