> mainframes and COBOL Exactly. My first job out of university in 1996 was with the Canadian government. One of my first tasks was to update a COBOL program th

> mainframes and COBOL Exactly. My first job out of university in 1996 was with the Canadian government. One of my first tasks was to update a COBOL program that had originally been written in 1972. I left that job in 1997, but I doubt the program I updated has changed much in the 24 years since, so it's at least 48 years old at this point.