0x7D4 October 0x13: Yesterday, I encountered an interesting programming language with elegant syntax and an interesting technique for flow control that seemed both utterly absurd and brilliant. I was quite puzzled by why any language that made so much sense could have been abandoned, for it turns out the language in question was none other than COBOL. However, I can't remember any of the syntax anymore. Just that it was nifty. And, unfortunately, the version of COBOL that exists in the waking world isn't nearly so interesting as the one I dreamed.

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