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| Newer page: | version 7 | Last edited on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:22:45 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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-An [Acronym] for __Co__mmon __B__usiness-
__O__riented __L__anguage.
+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. %%% ''-- EdsgerWybeDijkstra''
-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.
+A rather
weird old language for manipulating sequential databases. The "common" in its name is unfortunately true - mankind is left with a huge legacy of braindamaged code written in this language
, since
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, no one will start a new project in [COBOL] these days - its purpose would be for porting.
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-CategoryProgrammingLanguages
+CategoryProgrammingLanguages, CategoryImperativeProgrammingLanguages
