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The 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 knowl
by 7thaccount 3y ago
The 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.