From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 11 Nov 2025 15:23:29 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
      
   > Well, Cobol represents practices of 1960 business data processing.   
   > At that time it was state of the art. But state of the art changed.   
   > Cobol somewhat adapted but it slow to this.   
      
   The example I like to mention is the rise of the SQL DBMS. These   
   became very important for “business data processing” use in the 1980s.   
   But the best way to interface to one of these is by dynamically   
   generating SQL command strings. And guess what: dynamic string   
   handling is something that was specifically left out of COBOL, because   
   it was not seen as important for “business” use.   
      
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