Usually, I’m really eager to open a package containing a book. This time I wasn’t so sure I actually wanted to open this mail item, since I knew exactly what it contained:
I’ve got work to do related to C, PL/1, and COBOL. I don’t have the courage to buy myself any sort of COBOL book. I saw COBOL once and my eyes burned. My eyes are watering even thinking back to that day. Unfortunately, at a glance, PL/1 doesn’t look much better than my nightmares of COBOL.