Is COBOL interpreter level programming language?

Answer 1

There are some interpreter or just-in-time compiler versions available with some degree of real-time interaction with the user but they are difficult to implement. The structure of cobol in three main parts, file definitions, working storage and procedure means that the language statements do not have variables to operate on at the time they are input to the computer, an element of creating the variables and initial values needs to occur and be stored as the user inpiuuts the statements