COBOL

COBOL- **CO**mmon **B**usiness-**O**riented **L**anguage Joseph Wegstein and his Short Range Committee Developed in 1959 and tested on two types of computers showing compatibility is possible

COBOL has been modified many times. The original is no longer in use but the modified versions are. In use globally for military and government agencies Expected Y2K to have some sort of adverse affect on programs Estimated to have 5 billion lines of code added annually, so yes it is still used today In 1997 used for 80% of the worlds businesses, has decreased since then, but not significantly

IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. DATA DIVISION. PROCEDURE DIVISION. MAIN. DISPLAY 'Hello, world.'. STOP RUN.

Older versions of COBOL supported self modifying codes though the infamous "ALTER X TO PROCEED TO Y" statement