I heard people at a bank claim that COBOL code is basically natural language and thus self-documenting. I almost laughed out at that.
I heard people at a bank claim that COBOL code is basically natural language and thus self-documenting. I almost laughed out at that.
Bank teller: "And how can I help you?"
Customer: "PERFORM 500-DEDUCT-ACCOUNT-BALANCE"
Bank teller: "Ok, great, and how much?"
Customer:
"01 TRANSACTION RECORD
MOVE 100.00 TO TRANSACTION-AMOUNT"A future we didn't quite make it into.