A traditional criticism of COBOL is that it's wordy, but with modern editors, probably not such a big deal. The one really crazy COBOLism is "Alter": https://

A traditional criticism of COBOL is that it's wordy, but with modern editors, probably not such a big deal. The one really crazy COBOLism is "Alter": https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_4.2.0/com.ibm.entcobol.doc_4.2/PGandLR/ref/rlpsalte.htm https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_4.2.0/... But all languages have parts which are not recommended to use.. just think of PHP.