XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 02:26:25 -0000 (UTC), 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.   
      
   Yeah, you don't need the continuation punch in column 6 :) I should take a   
   look and see if that much has really changed,   
      
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