Cobol Quotes

• The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense.

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  Edsger Dijkstra

  Witty   Humorous   Teaching  

  "How do we tell truths that might hurt?" by Edsger Dijkstra, June 18, 1975.

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• There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around.

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  Vinton Cerf

  Floating   Cobol   Persist  

  "The great IP crunch of 2010" by Mark Frauenfelder, www.cnn.com. September 21, 1999.

  3610

• Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN.

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  Tom Van Vleck

  Real   Writing   Cobol  

  4069

• Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

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  Edsger Dijkstra

  Science   Technology   Telescopes  

  2018

• C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good

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  Bertrand Meyer

  Looks   Cobol   Language  

  1872

• Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act.

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  Edsger Dijkstra

  Teaching   Criminals   Cobol  

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