DM> While I would agree with the number of programs written in the
DM> language, I'm not sure about the number of actual programmers...
DM> somehow I think C++ is right behind C today [phew, marginally on
DM> topic!].
There are lots of shops with literally hundreds of programmers working
in COBOL.  I've never seen a non-academic location where the COBOL
programmers were not in the vase majority.  I've seen pockets of
programmers working in other languages (REXX, smallTalk, C in that
order) but never where C/C++ programmers were the majority.  Maybe I
just hang-out in all the wrong places.
I should modify what I just said:  ALL programmers where I currently
work do it in C/C++.  But then, there are only 5 programmers (11 total
in the company).
DM> Note: DB2/2 is merely the port of DB2 to OS/2.  DB2 is the
DM> "universal" (platform non-specific) name.  Admittedly, the others
DM> you mentioned are only available on specific platforms.... 
Take the contents of a box that reads DB2 (not DB2/2) and try to run
it on a PC.  In fact, I wish you luck installing it.  Mag tape readers
for a PC are rare.. I've never seen nor heard of one.
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