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Personally, having used COBOL for what it was intended (accounting systems), I didn't really mind it. It was verbose, but so was everything back then. I also
by mech422 4y ago
Personally, having used COBOL for what it was intended (accounting systems), I didn't really mind it. It was verbose, but so was everything back then.
I also really liked being able to read DDL directly from the file on the AS/400. Saved a lot of typing to just grab it :-)
"COBOL is where all the money is!" -> Heh, I always joke I'm gonna 'retire' as a part time COBOL coder. I didn't realize there was this many left out there. Maybe I should plan on Fourth instead ? PL/1 ?