COBOL has been “dead” for so long, my grandpa wrote about it

In 1992, my grandpa declared Cobol dead in Technical Support magazine, complete with buzzwords like 4GL. Decades later, it’s still kicking like a zombie, outlasting other languages. It’s not alone; Autocoder, its predecessor, has remnants hanging around. Y2K kept Cobol relevant, requiring new programmers to learn it. Nowadays, I avoid calling languages dead, as they never truly die if there’s still an installed base. My grandpa, the Cobol oracle, passed away in 2024 at 91, leaving behind a legacy that still lingers in the world of programming.

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