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This submission is kind of genius because it shows how often people don't finish reading articles. There are no spoiler tags on HN, but thr TLDR is the author
by Impossible 8y ago
This submission is kind of genius because it shows how often people don't finish reading articles. There are no spoiler tags on HN, but thr TLDR is the author is describing the design goals of COBOL, and is making a point that there is no programming language or environment that can solve all your problems. I slightly disagree in a "use the right tool for the right job" sense, but it clearly helps to understand your craft.
- twtw 8y agoI don't think you can blame the people for reading all the words and deciding not to vote on the survey.
- detaro 8y agoIf you read all the words, wasn't it fairly obvious already without clicking to vote from the last few lines?
- twtw 8y ago"The language for the 21st century should be business oriented, English-like and not dependent on native types. The most exciting thing, we already have the language exactly like this! What do you think it is?" Not to me, no. I thought this what some poll to gauge popularity of he various languages or some such.
- tluyben2 8y agoThe only language that conformed is COBOL; if he put in Livecode for a twist, then it would've been slightly harder. Still the business oriented would've made me pick COBOL.
- ACow_Adonis 8y agoTo be fair, half of us thought that the article was finished. Don't blame us for not being told that you have to click on the survey at the bottom, and that when you do so, the next bit would magically appear...