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Re:It’s COBOL all the way down by floatboth on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @01:44PM (#16969363)
If it's similar to other imperative languages, what makes it a DSL? What is the domain of "business"?
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Re:It’s COBOL all the way down by coldtea on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:35PM (#16969969)
It's similar to other imprative languages in some constructs, it's very business application focused in others -- e.g. built-in support for forms, for monetary calculations and such.
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