Dead languages?

From: Michael Metcalf (michael.metcalf_at_t-online.de)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 15:04:37 +0100

I just happened to hear an editor of the new edition of the Concise Oxford
English Dictionary say on the radio that obsolete words get removed to make
way for new ones. Her two examples were Snobol and Cobol. Is this a valid
definition of a dead computing language?

Regards,

Mike Metcalf

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