same, semantically the language is not complicated, the syntax is a verbose (as designed) and funny at times (the famous `pic X(...)`) but it's the legacy that

same, semantically the language is not complicated, the syntax is a verbose (as designed) and funny at times (the famous `pic X(...)`) but it's the legacy that kills. people make it a rite of passage to give some horrible cobol code to interns for a few hours just to scar their soul a little