COBOL fingers
/koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a (hypothetical) disease one might get
from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see
candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes
one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-22)
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