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COBOL was designed to be written and read by non-programmers. That was the theory, at least.
by cratermoon 2y ago
COBOL was designed to be written and read by non-programmers. That was the theory, at least.
- Koshkin 2y agoAnd let’s not forget, so was FORTRAN. (Programmers coded in Assembler back then.)
- kjs3 2y agoFortran (FORmula TRANslation) was intended for a very peculiar subset of 'non-programmers': mathematicians, engineers and the like. It ends up being a pretty good impedance match for people who are use to dealing with terse forms of expression already.
- cratermoon 2y agoand and COBOL (COmmon Business-Lriented Language) was intended for the subset of non-programmers dealing with things like money and inventory.