That fact that the many industries, most importantly the financial industry heavily rely on it makes it an important part of history. I agree cobol as a langua

That fact that the many industries, most importantly the financial industry heavily rely on it makes it an important part of history. I agree cobol as a language is not particularly glamorous in terms of what it brought it computer science. I say this as a cobol dev, so I’m laughing, but it’s true: cobol sucks.