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On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 21:04:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 4 Oct 2024 20:15:52 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> https://wumpus-cave.net/post/2024/10/2024-10-01-death-of-cobol/
index.html
>> 
>> It's a photocopy of a 1992 article proclaiming the demise.
> 
> You know how they call Latin a “dead” language?
> 
> COBOL is the same.

Latin wasn't dead enough that I didn't have to take two years of it in 
high school. That was then but I doubt it's the case now.

Note: it was not a Catholic high school. Catholic High certainly required 
Latin so the nerds could argue over pronunciation during football games. 
Church Latin is more silibant.