My first job was writing PL/I and COBOL and assembler. All when I was doing CICS Macro Level.
Then I've been spoiled using REXX -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of scott Ford Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Why rip out COBOL when you can modernize key applications? - Weirdware Wayne, Yes sir, same here. I learned Assembler first and then Cobol and then some PL/1. I always felt each language had its strengths and weaknesses and all were like tools in a toolbox. Scott On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 2:51 AM Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting. I remember back in 1979 debugging the old Micro Focus COBOL. > It was one of the few tools available for z80 based machines running CP/M > and MP/M. > > It had a screen handler that used DISPLAY and ACCEPT and a primitive ISAM > file system. Nice thing was that it would run in 48K of memory. MP/M only > gave you 44K in bank switched memory in the first bank and 48K in the other > 3 banks (if you had that config). > > Nice to see a survivor of all the platform changes over the years and a > truly excellent COBOL workbench. > > REALIA COBOL and CICS were also pretty neat in their day. Eventually dumped > by CA. > > Learned to like COBOL over the years, just. It does the job. > > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2020 at 10:08 PM Mark Regan <marktre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > https://www.weirdware.com/2020/03/24/why-rip-out-cobol-when-you-can-modernise-key-applications > > > > or > > > > *https://tinyurl.com/rezyxke* <https://tinyurl.com/rezyxke> > > > > Regards, > > > > Mark T. Regan > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com scott.f...@idmworks.com Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
