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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>COBOL fingers</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="COBOL.html" title="COBOL"/><link rel="next" href="cobweb-site.html" title="cobweb site"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">COBOL fingers</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="COBOL.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cobweb-site.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="COBOL-fingers"/><dt xmlns="" id="COBOL-fingers"><b>COBOL fingers</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/koh´bol fing´grz/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical) disease one might get from
coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see
<a href="candygrammar.html"><i class="glossterm">candygrammar</i></a>); thus it is alleged that programming
too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless
typing. &#8220;<span class="quote">I refuse to type in all that source code again; it would
give me COBOL fingers!</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="COBOL.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cobweb-site.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">COBOL </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> cobweb site</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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