>>Cobol is still produced and supported by several companies. There's even a version for .Net
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>Do those people have no shame? COBOL is a horrible way to make a living. (IMO, obviously).

Money talks. If you're a COBOL developer you earn at least 3.000-4.000-USD net/monthly at Turkey. This's a good salary for Turkey... :)

Also you have to see ABAP too if you want to see a terrible language. ABAP developers are soo happy... $-)

I remember I had a job interview about 20-25 years ago. They asked me COBOL's sections. I just remembered three of four in spite of I took COBOL lessons at university (I never like COBOL)... :))