GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

#1

Post by rhabarba » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 12:06 PM UTC

GnuCOBOL 3.1.1
sourceforge.net

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

#2

Post by yeneek » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:08 PM UTC

Word COBOL triggers in me PTSD.

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

#3

Post by enriquto » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:12 PM UTC

yeneek wrote: post #2

Word COBOL triggers in me PTSD.

for me it's "import pandas as pd"

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by markus_zhang » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:26 PM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #3

yeneek wrote: post #2

Word COBOL triggers in me PTSD.

for me it's "import pandas as pd"

Oh no plz no

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

#5

Post by speeder » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:30 PM UTC

Sometimes I wonder if I should learn COBOL just so maybe I can get my first real programming job. (and no, I am not joking...)

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by nmrcq » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:33 PM UTC

enriquto wrote: post #3

yeneek wrote: post #2

Word COBOL triggers in me PTSD.

for me it's "import pandas as pd"

Seeing this at the top of any piece of code running in a production environment is enough to induce an anxiety attack :(

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by rhabarba » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

speeder wrote: post #5

Sometimes I wonder if I should learn COBOL just so maybe I can get my first real programming job. (and no, I am not joking...)

At least they will pay you well.

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

nmrcq wrote: post #6

enriquto wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

for me it's "import pandas as pd"

Seeing this at the top of any piece of code running in a production environment is enough to induce an anxiety attack :(

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Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by hackbinary » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:35 PM UTC

COBOL, Assembler, and FORTRAN are actually kind of cool.

Re: GnuCOBOL 3.1.1

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Post by rhabarba » Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 1:35 PM UTC

hackbinary wrote: post #9

COBOL, Assembler, and FORTRAN are actually kind of cool.

Coolness is probably not what matters in a programming language - but they’re efficient in their niches.