COBOL quote in the news

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
> On 8 Aug 2008 at 21:15, Doc Shipley wrote:
> 
>>    He also says, at 49 years old, that he'll dig ditches at minimum wage 
>> before he goes back to COBOL.
> 
> Hmmm, goes back to what Eric said about Ada.  COBOL imposes its own 
> rigor.  And remembering all of the  variants on the some of the verbs 
> (e.g. INSPECT) is enough to give you a headache.  But other aspects 
> are pretty cool.
> 
> I could understand a C programmer having issues with COBOL.

I actually don't mind COBOL that much (or ADA), but I have to admit much 
of COBOL's imposed rigor is artificial.

Peace...  Sridhar