Cobol and PostgreSQL - Revision history

Martin at 16:31, 25 March 2026

2026-03-25T16:31:45Z

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	On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards. The [[Cobol programming standards]] below have been generated in my hown grown ailab.		On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards. The [[Cobol programming standards]] below have been generated in my hown grown ailab.
	* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].		* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].
		⚫	* One page [[Primes Software Specification]]
	* Cobol programming standards [[Cobol programming standards]].		* Cobol programming standards [[Cobol programming standards]].

⚫	[[Primes Software Specification]]~~</br>~~

	= Employee program =		= Employee program =
	The setup of the lab environment, source code and a simple compilation workflow are below.		The setup of the lab environment, source code and a simple compilation workflow are below.

Martin: /* Primes program */

2026-03-25T16:15:05Z

Primes program

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	* The primes system design [[Primes system Design]].		* The primes system design [[Primes system Design]].
	* Design standards [[Design standards]].		* Design standards [[Design standards]].
		⚫	=== The forgotten documentation ===

	On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards. The [[Cobol programming standards]] below have been generated in my hown grown ailab.		On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards. The [[Cobol programming standards]] below have been generated in my hown grown ailab.
	* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].		* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].
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	[[Primes Software Specification]]</br>		[[Primes Software Specification]]</br>

⚫	=== The forgotten documentation ===

	= Employee program =		= Employee program =

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-25T16:14:38Z

The forgotten design

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	[[Primes Software Specification]]</br>		[[Primes Software Specification]]</br>
	[[PrimesSQL Design]].

	=== The forgotten documentation ===		=== The forgotten documentation ===

Martin: /* Making sense of IT */

2026-03-25T13:16:18Z

Making sense of IT

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	Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is at least some documentation now.		Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is at least some documentation now.
	* The primes system design [[Primes system Design]].		* The primes system design [[Primes system Design]].
⚫	* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].

⚫	On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards.
	* Design standards [[Design standards]].		* Design standards [[Design standards]].

		⚫	On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards. The [[Cobol programming standards]] below have been generated in my hown grown ailab.
		⚫	* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].
	* Cobol programming standards [[Cobol programming standards]].		* Cobol programming standards [[Cobol programming standards]].

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-24T19:52:45Z

The forgotten design

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	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
	Standards are lacking, because of political issues, time constraints and a too rapid pace of developments. Of course, there should have been a design, lacking standards, accidents or laziness are another cause of missing, insufficient or outdated documentation. It can go as bad as programs running in production of which nobody has a clue of what they are doing exactly, the only certainty is that things go wrong whenever the program goes wrong.</br>		Standards are lacking, because of political issues, time constraints and a too rapid pace of developments. Of course, there should have been a design, lacking standards, accidents or laziness are another cause of missing, insufficient or outdated documentation. It can go as bad as programs running in production of which nobody has a clue of what they are doing exactly, the only certainty is that things go wrong whenever the program goes wrong.</br>
			I wrote the non nonsensical primes programs set on top of my head as an example three tier oriented system system, just to demonstrate the working of such a system. The challenge was to have some documentation at least, which is in line with the running joke in so many organisations: 'The program source is the best and most reliable source of information'. This is true under the condition that the program source is available, which is not always the case. There are loads of programs running in production today of which no one has a clue of what the program is doing, but everybody knows the program has to run to avoid problems. I did not go to the extend of re-engineering cobol source from the running executable (yet).
	Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is ~~[[Primes~~ ~~Software~~ ~~Specification]]</br>~~		Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is at least some documentation now.
			* The primes system design [[Primes system Design]].
			* The primes program specification [[Primes programs specifications]].

			On top of of the design and program specifications documents we require design standards and programming standards.
			* Design standards [[Design standards]].
			* Cobol programming standards [[Cobol programming standards]].

			[[Primes Software Specification]]</br>
	[[PrimesSQL Design]].		[[PrimesSQL Design]].

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-24T19:27:14Z

The forgotten design

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	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
	Standards are lacking, because of political issues, time constraints and a too rapid pace of developments. Of course, there should have been a design, lacking standards, accidents or laziness are another cause of missing, insufficient or outdated documentation. It can go as bad as programs running in production of which nobody has a clue of what they are doing exactly, the only certainty is that things go wrong whenever the program goes wrong.</br>		Standards are lacking, because of political issues, time constraints and a too rapid pace of developments. Of course, there should have been a design, lacking standards, accidents or laziness are another cause of missing, insufficient or outdated documentation. It can go as bad as programs running in production of which nobody has a clue of what they are doing exactly, the only certainty is that things go wrong whenever the program goes wrong.</br>
	Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [[Primes Software Specification]]		Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [[Primes Software Specification]]</br>
	[[PrimesSQL Design]].		[[PrimesSQL Design]].

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-24T16:52:49Z

The forgotten design

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	The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,		The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,
	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
	Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of ~~lacking~~, insufficient or outdated documentation. ~~Thanks~~ to ~~[https://claude.ai~~ ~~Claude.ai]there~~ is ~~[[PrimesSQL~~ ~~Design]]~~.		Standards are lacking, because of political issues, time constraints and a too rapid pace of developments. Of course, there should have been a design, lacking standards, accidents or laziness are another cause of missing, insufficient or outdated documentation. It can go as bad as programs running in production of which nobody has a clue of what they are doing exactly, the only certainty is that things go wrong whenever the program goes wrong.</br>
			Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [[Primes Software Specification]]
			[[PrimesSQL Design]].

	=== The forgotten documentation ===		=== The forgotten documentation ===

Martin: /* Primes program */

2026-03-18T16:24:12Z

Primes program

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	The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,		The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,
	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
	Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of lacking, insufficient or outdated documentation. Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [PrimesSQL Design].		Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of lacking, insufficient or outdated documentation. Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [[PrimesSQL Design]].

	=== The forgotten documentation ===		=== The forgotten documentation ===

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-18T16:23:33Z

The forgotten design

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	The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,		The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,
	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
	Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of lacking, insufficient or outdated documentation. Thanks to [https://claude.ai ~~Clausde~~.ai]there is [PrimesSQL Design].		Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of lacking, insufficient or outdated documentation. Thanks to [https://claude.ai Claude.ai]there is [PrimesSQL Design].

	=== The forgotten documentation ===		=== The forgotten documentation ===

Martin: /* The forgotten design */

2026-03-18T16:23:09Z

The forgotten design

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	The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,		The Primes program is just a one off, written for demonstration purposes and on top of my head without design apart from a few notes on the edge of a news paper. Budget constraints put pressure on projects, time to market of features comes first, testing comes second and documentation in this day and age of program focused delivery at best comes last,
	=== The forgotten design ===		=== The forgotten design ===
			Of course, there should have been a design, laziness is another cause of lacking, insufficient or outdated documentation. Thanks to [https://claude.ai Clausde.ai]there is [PrimesSQL Design].

	=== The forgotten documentation ===		=== The forgotten documentation ===