A fork of Rural Dictionary
Crappy Old Boring Outdated Language The biggest waste of time ever created by man; disgusting programming language that makes both your fingers and brain hurt at the same time; symptoms include unexplainable random rambling and mumbling, fever, headache, hair loss, irritability, depression, an all-consuming desire to be doing ANYTHING else, and various other psycho-somatic conditions.
If I have to write another program in COBOL I will chew my own hands off at the wrist!
The most commonly used application programming language used by business. Runs the worlds businesses. Sorry - JAVA can't do what COBOL can!!!!
Look at: Caterpillar, State Farm, Metavante, Sallie Mae just to name a few companies - they are all big COBOL shops
Moste obsolete programming language in human history. Cause of the disease known as "COBOL fingers" where your fingers hurts from writing too many line of useless code, often ends in amputation.
I've wasted many hours learning COBOL
Old, high level programing langauge. Mostly out dated, still useful for simple mathematical/accounting applications. very simple to use
1) A spring or stream that appears suddenly, out of no where. Usually consists of dirty water, flowing downhill from an unknown source. Disappears are quickly as it comes; 2) The act of stealing plastic, wooden, or metal crates from local delicatessens.
Rolly: I was totally Cobol Tongue'ing it last night. I got like, twenty crates!