For questions about the COBOL programming language
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Why the scorn for COBOL?
When people mention COBOL, it's usually either met with a snort or groan. I don't know much about COBOL, but I've seen some programs written in it. I can see that it's wordy, and to uninitiated eyes ...
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Why is Visual Basic easier to learn than Java for COBOL developers?
A friend of mine came from a VMS/COBOL background and we gave her some VB6 to do - she absolutely ran with it.
Next we ran her through some Java stuff and it didn't click at all.
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