COBOL is the most important programming language for business applications. Several billions lines of COBOL are still in use today.
More than hundred thousand developers write still programs in COBOL. And the year 2000 is getting close ...
OO COBOL is an extension to the COBOL language. It will be included in the new standard COBOL 97.
OO COBOL supports the transition from traditional programming style to object-oriented development techniques.
With growing availability of OO COBOL compilers the amount of OO COBOL code will also increase.