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"Cobol has almost no fervent enthusiasts. As a programming tool, it has roughly the sex appeal of a wrench." -- Charles Petzold

"There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around." -- Vint Cerf

[Like the way wrenches remain important, eh?]

"Meanwhile, RCA and Sperry Rand worked on creating COBOL compilers. The first COBOL program ran on 17 August [1960] on an RCA 501. On 6 and 7 December, the same COBOL program (albeit with minor changes) ran on an RCA computer and a Remington-Rand Univac computer, demonstrating that compatibility could be achieved." -- from the Wikipedia entry for COBOL (retrieved 2020-08-17) See also: Printout from COBOL Program Run at RCA in August 1960 (Smithsonian: National Museum of American History)