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by cafard 2586 days ago
"This doesn't hold up for the simple reason that dying languages aren't kept up to date! Check out the list of COBOL releases on Wikipedia - frankly, only two major versions released since 80's spells obvious doom for the COBOL ecosystem.

Contrast this with Adobe Coldfusion, with four major releases since 2012"

Is that tongue in cheek?