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-A much maligned
[ProgrammingLanguage
] widely used
in commercial settings
, particularly accunts
systems.
+An
[Acronym
] for __Co__mmon __B__usiness-__O__riented __L__anguage.
+
+;: The use of [COBOL] cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. %%% ''-- EdsgerDijkstra''
+
+A massively weird old language for manipulating sequential databases. The "common"
in its name is unfortunately true
, as a great proportion of business software, particular accounting
systems, is written in [COBOL] and has to be maintained.
+
+There are a few projects to create OpenSource [COBOL] implementations, but it's a big and unrewarding task, especially since only a full-featured [COBOL] will be any good to anyone. After all, noone will start a new project in [COBOL] these days - its purpose would be for porting
.
