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Discussion on: COBOL - not dead; not dying; not even idle

 
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Bruce Axtens • Edited

Hmmm ... let's see, when was COBOL's last ISO standard released? Oh, 2014. Can't be doing anything new then, can it?

And there's a clue in its name. The "B". It stands for Business. So you're not going to see it being used to write word-processors, signal-processors or Google API back-ends.

Existing systems may be replaced eventually, @ahferroin7 , but you and I will both have died and turned to dust by then.