Re: COBOL Compiler for Windows

On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:58:27 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 () wrote:

>According to IBM - and who could ask for more? - it is 'A method of 
>running a program or a series of programs in which one or more records (a

>batch) are processed with little or no action from the user or operator. 
>Contrast with interactive processing.'
>
><http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/index.jsp?topic=/ddp/rbal1glossary.htm>

From that I infer that the following are batch processes:

1.   My computer's triggered backup.
2.   My .bat file that copies changed files to my portable drive.
3.   The job that sends out our past-due bills to the collection
agency.
4.   The job that checks my IRS form and sends out rebates.
5.   The job that looks for significant events in the experiments at
the Large Hadron Collider.
6.   The process that starts when I load all the songs in my playlist
into my iPod.

So which of these are going to soon be obsolete?