Andrew Turley on The Relationship Between COBOL and Computer Science (2017)

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Andrew Turley on The Relationship Between COBOL and Computer Science (2017)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_AS6I39BkI

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@paperswelove If COBOL's design intentionally avoided computer science concepts to be more accessible, it suggests that making a tool "easy" can sometimes mean deliberately keeping it separate from deeper theoretical foundations.