First computer language

[Derek Broughton]

Rajiv Vyas wrote:

>> Uninteresting fact: I read that the amount of money spent on COBOL
>> each year is greater than the entire GDP of Switzerland. However, I'm
>> not sure what exactly this statistic says about COBOL...
> 
> That would be hard. Switzerland's total GDP is more than $200 billion.
> I doubt that companies worldwide have $200 billion to spend on Cobol
> development.

I don't.  Almost all the financial services companies are still using it. 
It's not hard to believe.  I was still working in Cobol five years ago.  My
wife was 3 years ago.  The people we worked with are still doing it...
-- 
derek