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http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/#fn.25 http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-cod... > You know what, though? Cobol has a great data-description language. If you spend a lot of time formatting dates and currency, and so forth, it’s got you. (If you’re curious, search for “Cobol Picture clause.”) https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CCobol+Picture+clause.%E2%80%9D&oq=%E2%80%9CCobol+Picture+clause.%E2%80%9D&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=0&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CCobol+Picture+claus... What am I supposed to be looking at here?