There should be an OO COBOL. I propose we call it ADD COBOL TO COBOL GIVING COBOL.

>> "just what would we have in common" ... ... Your command of English?

"These startling claims come just a few days after prime minister Narendra Modi had called Lord Ganesha who is part elephant and part human, a product of ancient India's knowledge of plastic surgery." ... ... Christ! Is it any wonder many Asian countries have the death penalty for smuggling drugs in?!

"I've deliberately omitted .NET — I have no desire to do the Microsoft languages." --- That, my friend, is called cutting off your nose to spite your face.