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"Contemporary COBOL". At least they didn't say modern COBOL, or it will be an oxymoron.

At least they didn't say modern COBOL, or it will be an oxymoron.

Is COBOL 2014 "modern COBOL"? https://www.iso.org/standard/51416.html

Or what about the in-progress COBOL 202X standard? https://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=194689...

Obligatory mention of J. Wayne Spence's COBOL for the 80's https://www.worldcat.org/title/cobol-for-the-80s/oclc/116217... (images of different covers: https://www.ebay.com/itm/223985240042 and https://www.ebay.com/itm/352577866145 ). That title hit its peak humour value about the mid-'90s (when I first heard of it) and has been becoming steadily more horrifying ever since.

Having experienced, if peripherally, MicroFocus, I'd rather go with IBM COBOL on z/OS...

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