E01¶


Research	R0028 — Prompt Engineering Claims
Run	2026-03-26
Claim	C018
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Factual

Primary evidence supporting the claim assessment.

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL

Extract¶

Confirmed. COBOL was designed beginning May 1959 at the Pentagon by the CODASYL committee, based partly on Grace Hopper's FLOW-MATIC. Its architect Jean Sammet wrote: 'It was certainly intended (and expected) that the language could be used by novice programmers and read by management.' COBOL is explicitly an English-like programming language designed for business use.

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Supports	Direct evidence
H2	Partially supports	Direct evidence
H3	Contradicts	Evidence contradicts material wrongness

Context¶

Evidence gathered 2026-03-26.