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pharrington
on Sept 14, 2023
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Programming Language Inventor or Serial Killer? (2...
"Established much of the design of COBOL in two weeks"
that still doesn't answer the question??
visarga
on Sept 15, 2023
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That answers the question why is COBOL so weird. Just like JS, invented in a week, fixed for the next 3 decades.
keyle
on Sept 15, 2023
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I'd take COBOL over JS back in 1997!
zelphirkalt
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The real question is how many lives were lost, because of COBOL and as such can be indirectly attributed.
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that still doesn't answer the question??