COBOL

[tradde]

A web server written in COBOL? Wow, I never thought I would read that statement.

 

[Chuck(G)]

Surprised that COBOL could be used, but not surprised that VB also could?

 

[hornbetw]

MPE/iX and most of its utilities were written in Pascal not COBOL. COBOL was a main language used for end user programs running on the HP3000.

 

[Chuck(G)]

For those not conversant in COBOL, it seems like a crufty ancient language. But consider this:
COBOL was one of the first languages actively supporting structured data.
COBOL has a large variety of data types and has strong typing.
COBOL has some interesting verbs, whose action is not duplicated in other languages.
COBOL was one of the earliest languages that strived for a standard among wildly differing processor architectures.
And yes, COBOL is wordy. It's what it is. But don't sell it short.

 

[tingo]

And there were tools, like COBGEN, to handle the wordiness.

 

[Chuck(G)]

There were many COBOL design tools and methodologies.

 

[krebizfan]

I prefer the consistent wordiness of COBOL to a lot of C inspired systems which mix abbreviated function names with properties that stretch across the whole screen.

 

[tradde]

Thus why I have this use blocked here. I had enough of his lousy comments. He's the only user here that I have blocked ever.

 

[Chuck(G)]

I prefer the consistent wordiness of COBOL to a lot of C inspired systems which mix abbreviated function names with properties that stretch across the whole screen.

I take that you're no fan of APL?