COBOL

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

imperative, procedural

Domains

financial systems, database management, business applications

Key Features

modules

Typing

static system, non-structural typing, weak typing, none inference, compile-time checking, conservative type coercion, required type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

FLOW-MATIC, COMTRAN, FACT

Influenced

Algek, CHILL, ABAP, Delta COBOL, DIBOL, PL/I

Ratings

File extensions

cob, cbl, ccp, cobol, cpy

External Links

• COBOL official site
• COBOL jobs at Devjobsscanner
• r/cobol subreddit
• Trending GitHub repositories