Comment by spb

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-cod...

> You know what, though? Cobol has a great data-description language. If you spend a lot of time formatting dates and currency, and so forth, it’s got you. (If you’re curious, search for “Cobol Picture clause.”)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CCobol+Picture+claus...

What am I supposed to be looking at here?