50 years on, Cobol is still going strong | Technology | The Guardian

"The 'common business-oriented language' that has provided 59-year-old Stuart with a career through to retirement age marks its 50th birthday this year. The day to celebrate is slippery - Cobol didn't just scroll on to a terminal one day and ask the user to hit 'Compile' - but 1959 is the year that the language came into being."

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