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Re:IBM will offer free COBOL training by Koshkin on Saturday April 11, 2020 @01:36PM (#22842885)
> one-letter variable names

Just like in math!

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Re:IBM will offer free COBOL training by msla on Saturday April 11, 2020 @02:21PM (#22843165)
Except in math, the notation is surrounded by natural-language prose which carries the brunt of the semantic load.
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