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Re:The problem might not be COBOL by jhallenworld on Saturday July 11, 2020 @02:19AM (#23800019)
A traditional criticism of COBOL is that it's wordy, but with modern editors, probably not such a big deal.

The one really crazy COBOLism is "Alter":

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS6SG3_4.2.0/...

But all languages have parts which are not recommended to use.. just think of PHP.

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Re:The problem might not be COBOL by DrScump on Saturday July 11, 2020 @05:33AM (#23800762)
In the COBOL shop I worked at in the 80s, GOTOs existed in some legacy code, but ALTER was avoided like the plague.
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