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What exactly did Dijkstra say about Cobol Programmers? In 1975, Edsgar Dijkstra famously proclaimed that “The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching shou
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What exactly did Dijkstra say about Cobol Programmers?
In 1975, Edsgar Dijkstra famously proclaimed that “The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence[sic].” This undoubtedly led to the decline of teaching COBOL in universities, but it remained the dominant business language.