I have a kind of friendship with COBOL.
It was the first language I used to program professionally.
Here's an article about COBOL's future.
http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/199602005
So now a JAVA IDE is bringing COBOL into the new Millenium.. laugh, point.
Thank God I went the JAVA route.
COBOL arrowed!
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