Quote Originally Posted by PeterB View Post
Funny you should mention that ... one of our 'helpers' is doing an IT course at a local college. I showed her 'Hello World' in Java earlier today.
java object programming is slightly confusing for someone who started out using linear languages like cobol and pascal

look at this from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobol

An example of the "Hello, world" program in COBOL:

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN.
DISPLAY 'Hello, world.'.
STOP RUN.

NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!