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Interesting. The problem of cobol is that is verbose, like java. Type type and then type. Copy and find all the time. Good luck to understand any as it takes
by ngcc_hk 7y ago
Interesting. The problem of cobol is that is verbose, like java. Type type and then type. Copy and find all the time. Good luck to understand any as it takes a lot of time to read it.
Do not like cobol or java.
- tibbydudeza 7y agoCompared to the mess that is Javascript ... yikes ... no thanks.
- kerng 7y agoCurious what language you would prefer? Just to trying to understand you argument better. Assembly?
- eru 7y agoPython is relatively low on the kind of boilerplate Java has. (Or if you want to go more extreme, Haskell can really give you some terse programs.) I'm not the OP.
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoAs someone who has worked with both in a professional setting, Python has a lot of similarities with COBOL, IMO.
- ASalazarMX 7y agoAs someone who has also done that, the most important thing in common is that they're programming languages. COBOL is a rigid and "square" language, I'm tempted to call its style "COBOLic". Any language where the dots at the end of statements are crucial part of the logic flow can't be that similar to Python.
- the_af 7y agoCan you explain how? As someone that has worked with both professionally, I can't see many similarities.
- jacquesm 7y agoCompared to Java COBOL is surprisingly direct and readable. It has some silly bits that require some boilerplate to overcome but not excessively so.
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- m463 7y ago> problem of cobol is that is verbose My mother used to say, sometimes someone's good point is their bad point, and vice versa. verbose languages can be harder to write, but easier to read. On the other extreme is perl. I found it to be the easiest language to express myself. There are so many ways to do something, and in a compact way. But it's very hard to read.