Quotes by Cobol C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good Bertrand Meyer cobol language looks Teaching COBOL ought to be regarded as a criminal act. Edsger Dijkstra cobol criminals teaching Real programmers don't write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can't decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. Tom Van Vleck cobol real writing There's an old maxim that says, 'Things that work persist,' which is why there's still Cobol floating around. Vinton Cerf cobol persist floating
