Learning the parts of a language that you need is a sound strategy; it is, of course, crucial that you learn where to look things up as you hit new requirements. That's especially true when you include packages in, e.g., CPAN. Certainly for Java, Perl and Python it would be ludicrous to try learning all of them.
How big is just the C++ STL these days? -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of John McKown [john.archie.mck...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 9:47 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Holy Moly ... On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 8:34 PM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > While it's certainly not impossible, it's certainly very difficult to > retrain a > > HLASM programmer to Java, Python, Javascript etc. It's not because > > they're not smart enough, they just don't want to. > > I've always expected programmers to learn new languages as needed, and for > me it's recreation, at least if the new language is halfway decent. During > the last half century at least 70% of my colleagues have been willing to > learn new things. > I have a useful knowledge of PERL, Python, BASH scripting, Java, and C/C++. I do need to look things up when writing in them mainly because I'm not as interested anymore. I'm lazily reading about RUST right now. -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
