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FOSDEM PWA

Cobol is the Original Safe Language

K.3.201 | Day 1 | 16:55 - 17:15 | Speakers: James Lowden

Cobol is the Original Safe Language
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Abstract

Although it was invented decades before the term "safe language", COBOL was created to meet that very need. At the time in that environment, the predominate alternatives were FORTRAN, and assembly language.

Safety means different things to different people and in different contexts. By some definition, no language is safe. By others, COBOL may be considered among the safest.

Speakers

James Lowden
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