FS> Anyway, I do COBOL mainframe (IBM) programming.
There are BY FAR more COBOL programs in use today than there are
programs in all other languages combined.  There are so many more
people earning a living by writing COBOL programs today than any other
group of languages that your position is safe ... for now.
FS> We use a database system called DL/I (Data Language I).
That went out of favor in the mid '70s; IBM replaced it with DB2.  The
same exact affect can be had by combining a modern, relational database
system (DB2/2, Access, Watcom SQL, etc.) on a microcomputer with just
about any serious programming language.
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