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COBOL (/’koubol, -bo:1/; an acronym for “common business-oriented language”) is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural and, since

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for companies and governments. COBOL is still widely used in applications deployed on mainframe

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Verbose syntax

Isolation from the computer science community

Concerns about the design process

Influences on other languages

COBOL syntax has often been criticized for its verbosity.

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which were found to be inadequate for large systems. was impossible to result are to dal I On – , there was no way to pass parameters to a procedure, an omission Jean Sammet regarded as the committee’s biggest mistake.

= practically unmaintainable.

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since it may be used from unknown places in unknown ways

COBOL was intended to be a highly portable, “common” language. However:MES.

of support. This permitted 104,976 possible variants. (174)

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COBOL: /koh’bol/, n.

A weak, verbose, and flabby language used by code grinders to do boring mindless things on dinosaur mainframes. […] Its very name is seldom uttered without ritual expressions of disgust or horror.

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Isolation from the computer science community [edit ]

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Concerns about the design process [edit]

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