Suzie COBOL

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

Suzie COBOL
 /soo'zee koh'bol/

   1. [IBM: prob.: from Frank Zappa's `Suzy Creamcheese'] n. A coder
   straight out of training school who knows everything except the value
   of comments 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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Suzie COBOL

   /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 {comments} 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)