September American Programmer 9 | 1996 In This Issue: OverviewSeptember American ProgrammerIntroductionWhat's Past is Prologue: The Future of CobolCobol: an Old Dog, New TricksReplace Cobol with Objects? Not!Cobol Legacy Programs Serve The FutureCOBOL in 2010: Mainstream or Memory?COBOL and the Real World: Dealing with the Enterprise Business Application Programming Legacy