> Throw those symbols out — I do not know what they mean, I have not time to learn symbols. Wouldn't it be easier to just use C/C++, and define macros like "PL

> Throw those symbols out — I do not know what they mean, I have not time to learn symbols. Wouldn't it be easier to just use C/C++, and define macros like "PLUS" that explands to "+", "MINUS" that expands to "-", "BECOMES" that expands to "=", etc.? Oops, COBOL predates C. :(