>Now, folks want to assert that today's "youngsters" are too stupid to turn >into COBOL programmers? Well, dang it, sonny - the same thing was said >about us back in the day - and see how that turned out.
I don't think anyone is trying to claim that younger people can't learn COBOL. After all, I was one of those 90 day wonders too. But it is more accurate to say that: (1) Nothing can replace the "tribal" knowledge the soon to retire old-timers possess about the apps they support, and (2) A young person would be foolish to commit to a career in mainframe technologies when most of us can foresee a long decline. In the end, only the earliest adopters (big banks, insurance) will have COBOL systems, simply because it will be almost impossible for them to do a big bang replacement. John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
