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Developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s, COBOL is the second-oldest high-level programming language (FORTRAN is the oldest). ... COBOL is a wordy language; programs written in COBOL tend to be much longer than the same programs written in other languages. This can be annoying when you program in COBOL, but the wordiness...
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COBOL was created to fulfill two major objectives: portability (ability of programs to ... (COmmon Business Oriented Language) A high-level programming language that has been the primary business application language on mainframes and minis. It is a compiled language and was one of the first high-level languages developed.
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As a result a number of `high-level' programming languages began to appear from 1956 onwards. Some, like FORTRAN, were specifically tailored to applications in science and engineering; others, such as COBOL, were intended for the needs of data processing and record maintenance systems.
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Another advantage accrues from the use of high-level languages if the languages are standardised by some international body. Then each manufacturer produces a compiler to compile programs that conform to the standard into their own internal machine language.
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kensavage, on 11/06/2007, -2/+9WOOHOO Fortran 77 and Cobol. Anyone old enough here that learned those? age 35 ... Gogogo111, on 11/06/2007, -0/+4An illustration of The History of High-Level Programming Languages.
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Low level (Assembly) languages are difficult for programmers to develop code and to test and modify it. Simple tasks need a lot of instructions. High level languages started to be developed in the mid 1950s. ... COBOL(Common Business Orientated Language). Still one of the main commercial data processing languages.
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The Flexus COBOL homepage. This page compiles information and links about COBOL. ... "High-level languages, which fall somewhere between natural human languages and precise machine languages, were developed during the early 1950s." Explore these languages with the following links.
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Variables are given names or Identifiers in most High Level Languages. ... Some languages eg. FORTRAN and COBOL need exact specification of data Format for I/O. Other languages leave that to the programmer eg. BASIC.
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