add 1 to cobol giving cobol

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ADD 1 TO COBOL GIVING COBOL

   <humour, language> (From COBOL's equivalent syntax to C's C++)
   A tongue-in-cheek suggestion by Bruce Clement for an
   {object-oriented} {COBOL}.

   [SIGPLAN Notices 27(4):90-91 (Apr 1992)].

   (1995-03-17)