Re: Why is Cobol ignored in compiler textbooks?

williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Thu, 23 Apr 1992 13:57:23 GMT

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From: williams@herky.cs.uiowa.edu (Kent Williams)
Keywords: Cobol
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 92-04-100
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1992 13:57:23 GMT

One stupid programmer trick worth trying once is to pass a COBOL
program into a style&grammar checker. Then you realize that COBOL
really is close to English -- just a very stilted English, with
excessive use of the passive voice.
--
Kent Williams, williams@cs.uiowa.edu
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