COBOL
AKA COmmon Business-Oriented Language
Summary
Common Business-Oriented Language designed for business use with an emphasis on data processing and readable syntax. It has been a cornerstone of business computing since the 1960s, particularly in financial, government, and legacy systems.
Paradigms
Domains
financial systems, database management, business applications
Key Features
Typing
static system, non-structural typing, weak typing, none inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, required type annotations
Compilation
compiled
Influenced By
Ratings
File extensions
cob, cbl, ccp, cobol, cpy
External Links
| Status | legacy |
| Type | programming |
| Created | 1959 |
| Designed by |
Grace Hopper William Selden Gertrude Tierney Howard Bromberg Howard Discount Vernon Reeves |
| Developed by |
CODASYL International Organization for Standardization American National Standards Institute |
| PyPL Index | N/A |
| TIOBE Index | #20 |
| GitHub rank | #89 |