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7. actually it was intended to be as far away from Assembly as possible

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:51 PM

Sep 2018

the stated intention was to create a programming language that was "English like" with declarative. The thought being that the closer to English the easier it would be to teach to people to write software... as opposed to Assembly. Not to mention being a "higher level" language, the software would be portable to many different machines... something not true at all about Assembly (or Assembler if you like).

Obviously that goal failed.

But Cobol, much like Algol, Fortran, APL, Snobol, etc was a declatative procedural computer programming language, not at all like more modern "object" languages such at Python, C++, etc.

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Do You Know Cobol? If So, There Might Be a Job for You. [View all] question everything Sep 2018 OP

It's been years, but I have done Cobol programming. CentralMass Sep 2018 #1

yes, I used to teach COBOL in college... hated it lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #2

Interesting. My first courses in College involved using... tapes question everything Sep 2018 #3

paper tape... or punch cards on a "reel" of paper... (actually usually fanfold. lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #5

I took two semesters of COBOL in college in 1991-92 padfun Sep 2018 #4

actually it was intended to be as far away from Assembly as possible lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #7

Languages padfun Sep 2018 #10

There was a call for COBOL programmers back around Y2K TlalocW Sep 2018 #6

yes, it would be hard to have someone current with Python or something lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #8

Someday take a look at an IBM Z14. sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #12

oh, and there is still another "Y2K" issue coming up lapfog_1 Sep 2018 #9

Yes, I do, but retired. My 48 year old son is a programmer, who sinkingfeeling Sep 2018 #11