What's the bright side of Cobol? [closed]

Answer 1

Support for packed decimal for accurate math;

Built in indexed files/sorting;

Mature compilers;

It's a bit verbose, but it gets the job done.

Answer 2

The data structuring features are about as good as it gets for fixed length fields.

ALTER is downright mind bending. Maybe not good for use in production code, but fun to play with. Basically, it lets you change what statements follow what other statements (insert GOTOs) at runtime.

Answer 3

1). Easy to learn. 2). The syntax is more english like and hence easy to understand the program logic even for beginers.

Answer 4

It is 50 years old this year, but Cobol is still a key player in behind-the-scenes business software (Guardian)