Steve,

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>I bet all those college professors who, over the past years, have been
>preaching "no use for cobol... it's all 'object oriented' now" are
>wondering how come there's still such a demand for cobol code benders.

Does the term "Y2K" bring anything to mind? :-)   It's either that, or raid
the retirement homes in Florida.  There has been quite a shift back to COBOL
since this has reared its head in earnest, and the schools are requiring
COBOL in addition to the C++, Java and even Fortran.

Joe