On: COBOL has been “dead” for so long, my grandpa wrot...

[LarsDu88]

As long as there are tactical nukes that depend on COBOL, COBOL ain't dead.

We might all die, but COBOL will sit happy in its steel reinforce nuclear bunker

[diggan → LarsDu88]

Still doesn't beat Assembly, which will continue running on Voyager 1 even after the inevitable demise of our planet. Would survive the end of our solar system too.

[LarsDu88 → diggan]

Assembly ain't a language. Differs for every chip microarchitecture. Doubt there's many folks who know voyager 1 assembly

[criddell → LarsDu88]

Assembly is a language. It’s human readable, not machine readable. Modern assemblers support all kinds of higher level constructs through macros.

[TheSkyHasEyes → LarsDu88]

> Assembly ain't a language. Differs for every chip microarchitecture.

Your last sentence explains why ASM is a language. ASM compiles to machine language.