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Grich · Jan 27th, 2008, 6:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Salem

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/20.../09/22/Cobol5B
Add Fortran to the list as well.
They have a 40 year head start over say Java, so they're not going to disappear any time soon.

Fortran is used in Engineering fields these days to help in solving equations etc. Some of the old school languages are used still, for example COBOL is still used in legacy mainframe systems. But they are not as popular as they were say 30 years ago.
Actually, I have a couple of friends that are COBOL programmers looking after mainframes. But I still don't think it is a common language. More of a niche language.