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I heard people at a bank claim that COBOL code is basically natural language and thus self-documenting. I almost laughed out at that.
by samus 1y ago
I heard people at a bank claim that COBOL code is basically natural language and thus self-documenting. I almost laughed out at that.
- RaftPeople 1y agoBank teller: "And how can I help you?" Customer: "PERFORM 500-DEDUCT-ACCOUNT-BALANCE" Bank teller: "Ok, great, and how much?" Customer: "01 TRANSACTION RECORD 05 TRANSACTION-AMOUNT PIC 9(9)V99 MOVE 100.00 TO TRANSACTION-AMOUNT"
- tuatoru 1y agoA future we didn't quite make it into.