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Re:Release of GnuCOBOL 2.2 by 1024core on Thursday September 07, 2017 @11:11PM (#15197656)
I think the greenbar fanfold was a great way to review code. Instead of being limited to ~100 lines on the screen, you could see the entire file at once, jumping from piece to piece, and annotating it with a pen.
Re:Release of GnuCOBOL 2.2 by the_af on Friday September 08, 2017 @01:18PM (#15202112)
I prefer to use an IDE with tooltips showing types, usage discovery, and where I can jump to a definition with just a click.

Seriously, code printouts are an outdated -- and worse, wasteful -- tool. Maybe they were suitable in COBOL's heyday, but not today.