COBOL, the 63-year-old programming language is still playing an important role in running the global economy, but just how popular it was remained uncertain until recently. According to research ...

COBOL is indeed over 50 years old, but so is the C programming language, the most popular in the world. COBOL has stood the test of time and is regularly updated. The last update was September ...

Python is still the most popular programming language, but Cobol has become more popular again this year because of the strain unemployment benefits systems have been put under during US ...

Cobol and Node.js may seem like an ... “I just thought it would be funny to create a bridge between a popular actual programming language — Node.js — and an old one — Cobol,” developer ...

Ten years before man walked on the moon, a group of software engineers created the Common Business-Oriented Language—better know as Cobol—to standardize business computer programming. Not long ...

COBOL, the mother of all cross-platform programming languages, is still in use after 62 years, mostly in legacy applications that no one cares or dares to retire.

Old Glories: Fortran and Cobol are still among the world's most popular programming languages despite being almost 70 years old. They're certainly overachieving, but for entirely different reasons ...

Editor Bill Wong offers his take on COBOL, Ada contracts, and documentation considerations, and the common thread that ties them together.

COBOL, the decades-old programming language, still underpins many government and financial databases in use today. New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has requested COBOL programmers’ help to manage ...