GnuCOBOL

Rumors of COBOL's demise have been greatly exaggerated: Meet GnuCOBOL: A recent article on Slashdot points out with some chagrin that the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States still use COBOL, originally invented in 1959, based on work by the late Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. The implication is—and …