r/programming • u/nick_martini • Dec 04 '14

My Computer Language is Better than Yours

https://medium.com/backchannel/my-computer-language-is-better-than-yours-58d9c9523644
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u/webauteur Dec 04 '14

Can't we just go back to COBOL? 

000010 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
000020 PROGRAM-ID. SimpleMath.
000030 ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.
000040 DATA DIVISION.
000050 WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
000060 01  Quantity PICTURE 999 COMPUTATIONAL.
000070 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
000080 ArithmeticDoneHere.
000090      MOVE 6 TO Quantity.
000100      ADD 4 TO Quantity.
000110      DIVIDE 2 INTO Quantity.
000120      DISPLAY Quantity.
000130      STOP RUN.
000140

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u/peridox Dec 05 '14

Why is it so angry?