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how much uglier real-world code is One of my first projects in COBOL was to complete a rewrite, using structured programming, of a report writer that dated ba
by DrScump 7y ago
how much uglier real-world code is
One of my first projects in COBOL was to complete a rewrite, using structured programming, of a report writer that dated back into the 1960s. If you think COBOL is hard to follow, imagine COBOL code laden with gotos and older than the 1968 standard.
- Starwatcher2001 7y agoYeah, that sounds fun. Did that have the evil "alter" statement, which caused even more spaghetti with gotos?
- DrScump 7y agoI think ALTER usage was formally disallowed.