# Language Proposal

### 1. Hello World
- source used: [Cobol Emulator](https://www.jdoodle.com/execute-cobol-online)
- display the text "Hello World!" in the terminal
- https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cobol/cobol_program_structure.htm this website has useful information about the structure of the cobol language 
- the Identification Division is mandatory for all programs and sub divisions have unique sentences within them and determine what is done with variables or IO in this example

    #### Input
        there is no input for this example
    #### Output
        the string "Hello World!" is sent to output via the included DISPLAY function

### 2. Quadratic Function
- Note: code needs to be formatted
- credit to [Marco Biagini](https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-COBOL-program-that-will-solve-a-quadratic-equation)
- a quadratic equation of the form **ax^2 + bx + c = 0**

    #### Input
        User will be prompted for a, b, and c (ex. 1, 5, 6)
    #### Output
      Program will display the real roots or if there are no real roots (ex. -2, -3)


### 3. Integer Sort

### 4. Language Features