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I really don't want to judge your ability, I agree with your comment about C#, Java, JS, C ,... but COBOL is a completely different animal to reason with. Been
by mars4rp 7y ago
I really don't want to judge your ability, I agree with your comment about C#, Java, JS, C ,... but COBOL is a completely different animal to reason with.
Been there and ran as fast as I could.
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- Torwald 7y agoSounds interesting. Can you point me to a COBOL listing that shows some of this difference?
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- cpach 7y agoYou might want to have a look at the Rosetta Code wiki. They have a lot of COBOL code there. http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:COBOL http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:COBOL I don’t know COBOL though so I can’t say if this code is idiomatic or not.
- jeffrallen 7y agoWell, it is less than 100000 lines and less than 50 years old, so no, it is not idiomatic.
- cpach 7y agoTouché :)
- 27182818284 7y agoI don't know. I actually personally know someone that jumped from PHP to COBOL with no significant problem. They had some gripes, of course, but it wasn't a show stopper and they were able to get to work and be productive right away.