16 Mar
1998
16 Mar
'98
9:40 a.m.
What's wrong with COBOL?
Well, according to the Jargon File (aka The Hacker's Dictionary), IBM
minis and mainframes were not liked by hackers (who prefered DEC, etc),
not only because they were generally programmed in things like Cobol,
but
also because technical info was next-to-impossible to
obtain. It was
difficult to do neat things with them.
I don't know if that counts as IBM bashing or not.
-tony
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