> Java is the new COBOL. What do you mean by this? To me it sounds like people are saying they are both "old" languages, but I don't know what you mean. I wor

> Java is the new COBOL. What do you mean by this? To me it sounds like people are saying they are both "old" languages, but I don't know what you mean. I work in a shop that has lots of both Java and COBOL. We are not "actively migrating" COBOL code to Java. It looks like mainframes will continue to exist for decades to come (i.e. >20 more years). Obviously, brand new applications here are not written in COBOL.