XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: Peter@Iron-Spring.com   
      
   On 1/7/26 19:26, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 19:21:09 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:   
   >   
   >> FORTRAN and COBOL are still around, but I don't thinks anyone from   
   >> the 70s would recognize them.   
   >   
   > COBOL is still COBOL. Fortran has evolved somewhat, post-Fortran-77.   
      
   Looking at the Wikipedia article, it sounds like there have been major   
   enhancements to COBOL since COBOL-60. I don't think modern FORTRAN is   
   close to the original language either. I haven't followed either   
   language enough in the last decades to be specific.   
      
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