@sten
COBOL has significant whitespace too, and me being forced to learn it in college is what made me not even be interested in Python to begin with.
COBOL has significant whitespace too, and me being forced to learn it in college is what made me not even be interested in Python to begin with.
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@sten
Well, kind of, what totally put me off COBOL though is its verbosity.
No, 'a = b+2'. In COBOL, you say 'ADD 2 TO b GIVING a'.
No, 'a = b', either. Instead, you say 'MOVE b TO an
Etc etc etc, the list goes on. I mean, if I want to write a novel, I'll use English rather than COBOL, thank you.
Well, kind of, what totally put me off COBOL though is its verbosity.
No, 'a = b+2'. In COBOL, you say 'ADD 2 TO b GIVING a'.
No, 'a = b', either. Instead, you say 'MOVE b TO an
Etc etc etc, the list goes on. I mean, if I want to write a novel, I'll use English rather than COBOL, thank you.