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COBOL
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/kohbol/ , n. [COmmon Business-Oriented Language] (Synonymous with evil. ) A
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weak, verbose, and flabby language used by code grinders to do boring
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mindless things on dinosaur mainframes. Hackers believe that all COBOL
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programmers are suits or code grinder s, and no self-respecting hacker will
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ever admit to having learned the language. Its very name is seldom uttered
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without ritual expressions of disgust or horror. One popular one is Edsger
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W. Dijkstra's famous observation that The use of COBOL cripples the mind;
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its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense. (from
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Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective ) See also fear and
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loathing , software rot.
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