Well, it helps if the keywords from your native language mean the same as they do in your native language. To say nothing of keywords like 77 and 88.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of Bob Bridges <robhbrid...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 12:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic Yeah, I saw that line too. I don't know of ~any~ 3GL algorithmic languages that are very "English-like", although I suppose it helps to have recognizable words to program with, especially at first when you're not used to programming. (DYLAKOR touted DYL-280II as a 4GL, but IM-not-so-humble-O it simply isn't. It is a very handy 3GL, but that's all.) --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* ....Now some of you are scratching your heads and wondering "How does a person with an IQ higher than pastry get Super Glue in his ear and not know it?" But you parents out there are no doubt nodding your heads and saying "It would not surprise me to learn that this man has a three-year-old son." -Dave Barry, _Children May Be Hazardous to Your Health_ */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 05:19 1. The check's in the mail 2. It must be true - I heard it from a friend of a friend of a friend 3. COBOL is English like BTW, CODASYL had input from more than Honeywell. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Gabe Goldberg [g...@gabegold.com] Sent: Monday, April 6, 2020 12:26 AM Better article... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
