I remember distinctly being a kid, finding a book on programming in a thrift store. It was all in COBOL. Previously I had only seen snippets of C++ and... perl

I remember distinctly being a kid, finding a book on programming in a thrift store. It was all in COBOL. Previously I had only seen snippets of C++ and... perl I think. Anyway, I saw the COBOL syntax, all-caps, everything spaced out evenly, and it delighted me immensely. It felt structural, weighty, substantial. I think that if the javascript I write today looked as impressive to outsiders as COBOL looked to me then, I'd be showing off my work to a lot more friends & family.