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To: altair19 who wrote (15928)	4/23/2017 4:13:12 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 365401

Assembly would be better. At least that would give them some insight as to how computers operate at its lowest levels. The problem with teaching COBOL is that it is optimised for a batch programming environment. Which doesn't really exist any more. And the OS it assumes is a lot more primitive, so the programmer has to spend a lot of time setting up the environment that is really needed. It also is optimized to run off of punch cards. Because there is a lot of stuff that is duplicated from program to program. It is a lot easier to shuffle those cards out of an existing deck than to copy and paste because you have to analyze every line and decide if it is appropriate to reuse.