> don't consider COBOL to be a good indicator of programming quality
COBOL wasn't designed for that. The intention was a language that non-coders could code in. This was the precursor to things like FIT which was a precursor to today's Cucumber, like some history of child abuse carried on over the generations, so we still suffer today.
COBOL wasn't designed for that. The intention was a language that non-coders could code in. This was the precursor to things like FIT which was a precursor to today's Cucumber, like some history of child abuse carried on over the generations, so we still suffer today.
Ada was the one designed for quality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_(programming_language)