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BCPL: Beats Cobol Programming Language
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BCPL: Before C, Programming Language
BCPL // n. [abbreviation, `Basic Combined Programming Language') A programming language developed by Martin Richards in Cambridge in 1967.
It is remarkable for its rich syntax, small size of compiler (it can be run in 16k) and extreme portability....
COBOL: the only programming language in which you can write a letter home to your folks and reasonably expect it to compile and run without errors.
We've picked COBOL as the language of choice.
C n. 1. The third letter of the English alphabet.
2. ASCII 1000011. 3. The name of a programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie during the early 1970s and immediately used to reimplement Unix...
COBOL fingers /koh'bol fing'grz/ n. Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical) disease one might get from coding in COBOL.
The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar)...
COBOL fingers: /koh'bol fing'grz/ n. Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical) disease one might get from coding in COBOL.
The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see {candygrammar})...
COBOL: Completely Obsolete Boring Old Language
This language was named for the grade received by its creator when he submitted it as a class project in a graduate programming class.
C- is best described as a low-level programming language....