| Wikipedia | [ Deutsch ] [ English ] [ Magyar ] |
| Wikibooks | [ English ] |
| First appeared | 1959 (66 years) |
| Designed by | Howard Bromberg, Norman Discount, Vernon Reeves, Jean E. Sammet, William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, with indirect influence from Grace Hopper |
| Latest release | ISO/IEC 1989:2023 (2023) |
| Developer | CODASYL, ANSI, ISO/IEC |
- "common business-oriented language"
- Jargon File entry
- homepage: GnuCOBOL - GNU Project
Comparison values
| Score | 256 |
Features
| Algebraic data type | |
| Compiled language | yes (100) |
| Context management / Defer | |
| Explicit errors | |
| Higher-order function | |
| Immutable object | |
| Pattern matching | |
| Statically typed | yes (100) |
References
| How To Become A Hacker | -- |
| languages of choice | (loss) (-10) |
Rankings
Personal
| Category | legacy |
| Usage |