/soo'zee koh'bol/ 1. ( IBM , probably from Frank Zappa's "Suzy Creamcheese") A coder straight out of training school who knows everything except the value of comment s in plain English. Also (fashionable among personkind wishing to avoid accusations of sexism) "Sammy Cobol" or (in some non-IBM circles) "Cobol Charlie".
2. (proposed) Meta-name for any code grinder , analogous to J. Random Hacker .
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(1995-02-06)