alt Hacker NewsYou know what, that is some pretty readable code.. COBOL might have been on to something there. I've gotten so used to syntax soup this is refreshing.
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giraffe_lady • today at 4:21 PM
I had to get into an old tcl program for work recently and had the same thought. I wouldn't necessarily pick it today but it was kind of nice in a way that's unfamiliar to me from modern development.
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That readability is the upside of COBOL’s oft-assailed verbosity.