[COmmon Business-Oriented Language] (Synonymous with {evil}.) A weak,
verbose, and flabby language used by {code grinder}s to do boring
mindless things on {dinosaur} mainframes. Hackers believe that all
COBOL programmers are {suit}s or {code grinder}s, and no
self-respecting hacker will ever admit to having learned the
language. Its very name is seldom uttered without ritual expressions
of disgust or horror. One popular one is Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous
observation that "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching
should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." (from Selected
Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective) See also {fear and
loathing}, {software rot}.
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