Re: A Plain English Compiler

Gene Wirchenko <gene@abhost.us>
12 Mar 2006 13:54:14 -0500

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From: Gene Wirchenko <gene@abhost.us>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 12 Mar 2006 13:54:14 -0500
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 06-02-122 06-02-169
Keywords: design, Cobol, comment
Posted-Date: 12 Mar 2006 13:54:14 EST

Scott Wyatt <tameri@comcast.net> wrote:


[snip]


>[My understanding was that the hope for Cobol was not that it would be
>any easier to write than other languages, but that it would be easier
>for non-experts to read. One can debate how well they met that
>goal. -John]


          Reading is one thing. Understanding is another.


Sincerely,


Gene Wirchenko
[The hierarchically structured data was great. The verbose arithmetic less
so. -John]

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