Python slang

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99 at gmail.com>:

> On Thursday, August 11, 2016 at 7:18:28 AM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> Oh, there's of course COBOL:
>> 
>>    ADD X TO Y GIVING RESULT
>
> I think COBOL has the same usage of “=” as BASIC, as assignment or
> equality comparison, depending on context.

There's the COMPUTE verb that works a bit like that. However, the

   ADD X TO Y [GIVING Z]
   MULTIPLY X BY Y [GIVING Z]
   DIVIDE X BY Y [GIVING Z]

is more traditional, I would guess.

Also, for simple assignments, there's MOVE:

   MOVE 'INDIA' TO WS-COUNTRY.

   <URL: http://www.tutorialspoint.com/cobol/cobol_basic_verbs.htm>

My uncle made a career out of COBOL programming. He described his work
as consisting mostly of MOVE statements.


Marko