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De - Pt| English Dictionary: COBOL | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for COBOL | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
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COBOL /koh'bol/ n. [COmmon Business-Oriented Language] (Synonymous with {evil}.) A weak, verbose, and flabby language used by {card walloper}s to do boring mindless things on {dinosaur} mainframes. Hackers believe that all COBOL programmers are {suit}s or {code grinder}s, and no self-respecting hacker will ever admit to having learned the language. Its very name is seldom uttered without ritual expressions of disgust or horror. One popular one is Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous observation that "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." (from "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective") See also {fear and loathing}, {software rot}. | |
| From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
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COBOL {COmmon Business Oriented Language} | |
