Ever Heard About the LINC Programming Language?


LOOK.UP; EVERY CUST
: Read in every customer
: Next find the customer’s total deposits.
DETERMINE; TOTAL DEPOSITS AMOUNT (CUST.CUSTOMER)
: Calculate the interest due.
MULTIPLY; CUST.INTEREST GLB.TOTAL
SD; SD-INTEREST (INTEREST)
: Now create the interest deposit for the customer
AUTO.ENTRY; DEPOS
AUTO; CUST.CUSTOMER CUSTOMER
AUTO; GLB.TOTAL AMOUNT
AUTO; SD-INTEREST NARRATION
AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
...
...
: Create the other side of the entry.
AUTO.ENTRY; JRNL
AUTO; SD-INTEREST LEDGER
AUTO; GLB.TOTAL AMOUNT
AUTO; CONTRA AMOUNT
AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
: If the customer is unemployed, the interest
: amount must also be sent to the EMPLOY System.
DO.WHEN; CUST.ETYPE=(N)
MOVE; (EMPLOYDB) GLB.DESTINATION
AUTO.ENTRY; DEPOS
AUTO; CUST.CUSTOMER CUSTOMER
AUTO; GLB.TOTAL AMOUNT
AUTO; SD-INTEREST NARRATION
AUTO; WRITE&CLEAR
MOVE; GLB.SELF GLB.DESTINATION
END;
END


I think I'd actually heard of it before, but never seriously read up on it. From the wikipedia page, I'm less than impressed so far, but this is just my gut reaction.

Part of the reason for the introduction of this new terminology was to make the system easier for programmers. It isolated them from a lot of the underlying technology.

Gee, thanks. I hate that pesky technology.