COBOL is readable, in the way that Soviet-era novels were: it all makes sense, it's just tedious. COBOL is as we have seen maintained, so how is it not maintain

COBOL is readable, in the way that Soviet-era novels were: it all makes sense, it's just tedious. COBOL is as we have seen maintained, so how is it not maintainable? I agree with you that it is not concise. [Edit: changed period to question mark]