Since the Slashdot community seems to appreciate the work of this fellow, I just read another of his lectures (EWD273) where he had some harsh criticism for both of these languages. (The whole article is a good read, but the first mention of FORTRAN and COBOL can be found in just the last few paragraphs of the transcription.)

Tom Poppendieck says you should be able to count ALL your bugs on one hand. Post-It notes should be all anyone needs.