Re: COBOL compiler
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 00:41, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 22:57, Al Davis wrote:
> > On Tuesday 26 August 2003 04:35 am, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> --snip--
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> I have been absolutely amazed by how easy COBOL is to read. However,
> that also comes at the price of being incredibly wordy. Our first "Hello
> World" program is a little over two pages.
Don't worry. By the time your code gets out to 3-500 lines, it'll
be approximately the same length as a similar C program.
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