Both IBM Enterprise COBOL [0] and GnuCOBOL [1] are in active development, and recent releases (September 2017 for both) appear to include support for the COBOL2

Both IBM Enterprise COBOL [0] and GnuCOBOL [1] are in active development, and recent releases (September 2017 for both) appear to include support for the COBOL2014 standard. Not perhaps in the same league as more fashionable languages, but certainly a fair distance away from 'close to 0'. [0] https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?synkey=B984385H82239E03&from=spf https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDeta... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuCOBOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuCOBOL