You just reminded me of my cobol exams in the 90s. We had to write (with our hands) the program on paper during a 3 hour exam where we couldn't leave the room

You just reminded me of my cobol exams in the 90s. We had to write (with our hands) the program on paper during a 3 hour exam where we couldn't leave the room and teacher checked them all manually. I guess this guy had been a cobol teacher for so long that his brain was part human, part compiler. He was wise enough to know that a few missing ; or . weren't a big deal and that the core logic was the most important stuff. And during our exercises session before the exam, any editor outside of the dos edit was prohibited. No wonder I always have a feeling of cheating whenever copilot finishes half of my code.