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If COBOL were that effective, you'd see derivatives of it in modern day usage. The COBOL misunderstanding is that the hard part of computer programming is the g
by hackcasual 5y ago
If COBOL were that effective, you'd see derivatives of it in modern day usage. The COBOL misunderstanding is that the hard part of computer programming is the grammar we use.
- perl4ever 5y agoI never had much interest in COBOL, but I really liked Hypertalk's pseudo-english code and sometimes wish it had more influence.
- Eliezer 5y agoI learned to program in hypertalk as a kid, and I am so glad that it never took off.
- neonate 5y agoWhy are you glad that it never took off? That's the opposite of what we usually hear from former Hypercard users...
- perl4ever 5y agoI mean, it did take off, it just petered out after Jobs returned to Apple. "HyperCard was created by Bill Atkinson following an LSD trip." "HyperCard had a significant impact on the web as it inspired the creation of both HTTP (through its influence on Tim Berners-Lee's colleague Robert Cailliau), and JavaScript (whose creator, Brendan Eich, was inspired by HyperTalk)" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard
- IncRnd 5y agoCOBOL must be effective, since it is used to great effect in these mission critical systems.