On 10/13/19 2:46 PM, Noel Chiappa via cctalk wrote: > > From: Chuck Guzis > > > Calling DIBOL "COBOL-like" is stretching things quite a bit. > > OK, so I'll change it to "vaguely COBOL-like"... :-) > > Seriously, though, there some high-level similarities, and not just > the purpose...
One could argue that it's just as similar to FORTRAN (cf. computed GOTO and logical IF statements). Where it differs mainly from FORTRAN of the times is a facility for record layout, which didn't come along in FORTRAN for a couple of decades. (I'm trying to recall if it was part of F90). --Chuck
