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Cobol
Episode 2 of 5
Inefficient, verbose and ugly, yet by the 1990s, 80 per cent of the world's business software was written in Cobol. Aleks Krotoski explores why.
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Tue 7 Apr 201513:45
BBC Radio 4
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COBOL
Duration: 02:01
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Producer | Julia Johnson |
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- Tue 7 Apr 201513:45BBC Radio 4
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