Re: COBOL compiler
On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 08:50, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> At 2003-08-26T12:52:33Z, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
> > Too bad you have such a negative view of COBOL. In the hands of someone
> > with a brain, it's quite a powerful and modular language.
>
> All Turing-complete languages are equally powerful. That doesn't mean that
> any given one would fill me with a desire to start hacking around with it.
>
> You know, I'd never seen Cobol before the screenshots on your link. Those
> just confirmed everything I've heard about it. :)
For a "Hello, World" program, or an OS, or a graphics toolkit, even
Admiral Hooper would not say that COBOL is the proper tool. OTOH,
for large commercial apps, COBOL is far and away the best tool for
the job.
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