Cobol Quote by Lkk

“Cobol, for all its sometime popularity, does not seem to have any intellectual descendants. It is an evolutionary dead- end a Neanderthal language.”

— Paul Graham

C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good

— Bertrand Meyer

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

— Edsger Dijkstra

COBOL programmers understand why women hate periods.

— Anonymous

Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.

— Tom Van Vleck

“Moira nodded vigorously. She didn't know what BASIC or COBOL were, except that Wiz said they caused brain damage in those who used them.”

— Rick Cook

There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.

— Anonymous

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