Ok, to be fair I tnd to abbrvt evrthg I can and use two- and thr-chr var nams. I couldn't do that if I were still writing application programs for my employer. Instead I write tools, utilities and commands that anyone can use but no one bothers to maintain. I try to be careful to use a consistent naming scheme and to leave behind lots of comments, but I do get that COBOL would force me to be less concise.
--- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* There are not enough jails, not enough policemen, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people. -Hubert H. Humphrey */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of billogden Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 10:26 I am not a COBOL programmer, except for some very minor attempts a long time ago. However, I very much respect the proper use of the WORDY aspect. It seems to help with maintenance and updating of large, complex commercial programs that were originally written (in good, well-thought out words) long ago. --- Bob Bridges wrote: >I myself dislike COBOL for the very simple and personal reason that >it's so WORDY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
