COBOL ... or not

Did you know that ...

Today I found out that COBOL, a language that I have yet to learn, is considered to be a synonym for awful, according to linux.about.com. I'm going to google a couple more sources to double check, but if that is the case, that means I now have one less language I have to learn! :)

A good indication of how bad COBOL can be found on the OpenCOBOL website. OpenCOBOL seems to be a very popular compiler for COBOL, yet it compiles .col files by first turning them into C files, then running those files using GCC! If that isn't a big clue, I don't know how it could be any clearer. COBOL is a bad language ... or so they say.

I have looked at a couple of source code examples for COBOL, and to tell you the truth, TYPING IN ALL CAPS MOST OF THE TIME is not my idea of fun programming. :)

Well, now you know!