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Most executables in daily use - COBOL? Really?

Mobile phones? Cobol = 0

Communications infrastructucture? Cobol = 0

Android, Apple and Windows tablets? Cobol = 0

Windows and Macintosh notebooks and PCs? Cobol = 0

Calculators? Cobol = 0

Where is that Cobol you speak of? I've already recounted some 99.99% of computing devices and quite possibly I could add some more 9s.

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Re^3: Perl and Python
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Dec 24, 2014 at 13:24 UTC

    I'd add:

    • Home: TVs, DVRs, games consoles, coffee makers, fridges, freezers, washing machines, microwaves;
    • Transport: cars, airplanes, trains, ships;
    • Retail: POS terminals, cash machines, ticket machines & barriers;
    • Industrial: CNC lathes, grinders, milling machines, robots;
    • Cloud: Amazon, Google, Salesforce, Azure, Rackspace, ...;
    • New corporate: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, linked-in, et al;
    • Commercial aerospace & satellites;
    • Military: aerospace, satellites, rocketry, comms, radar;
    • ...?
    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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