I don't think you are getting downvoted because people think you are wrong. Both cobol and fortran are still in widespread use, but primarily for maintained pro

I don't think you are getting downvoted because people think you are wrong. Both cobol and fortran are still in widespread use, but primarily for maintained projects that are not well understood even though they still work well. You are getting downvoted because, unlike cobol, plenty of people still like fortran. It isn't a bad language at all, it has had meaningful updates for modern HPC. So people are sad to see it go.