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COBOL's boilerplate doesn't seem that much worse than what Java programmers lived with for decades.
by musicale 3y ago
COBOL's boilerplate doesn't seem that much worse than what Java programmers lived with for decades.
- 7thaccount 3y agoThe big difference is I think Cobol typically (but not always) requires knowledge of the mainframe as well, while Java more or less requires some basic OS knowledge, JVM, and all the boilerplate. Edit: mainframes seem neat, but I wouldn't want to code in either personally.
- ngcc_hk 3y agoThey are both verbose. But cobol is more data definition oriented.