The article mentions Python, but it is 30 years old, and the latest version, v3, is not even backwards compatible with v2 (if I remember correctly).
Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 11:51 AM Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > Sigh! The system may be 40 years old but the computer in the picture is a > lot older. > > I suspect that the "40 year old" system is like the ax that has been in > use for 200 years: the handle has been replaced 20 times and the blade has > been replaced 25 times, but it's still the same ax. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf > of Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> > Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:27 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid > Coronavirus Pandemic > > A better article than most of them, I think: > > > https://secure-web.cisco.com/10R7oziYWff-XnS7oxCfjL9m1BdqyyN92QDvpU5lSy_gisAdqZA2IIhqm-6quMTnaADKayaieWOPM5h-glt70epo05Jh5ItrpaG7lWkjvUoAu4FYJ0eL9UUTr8kudZpA-J39j5Lno9Si3viMfDMXwh1iUpJ7IJal7xYNn4n3xbDa8Ric3vzGvZyzXxiijZtR-KnCtWv0zTuCYV5M-273y-PRWdWA-N_5W43VfhrPJWyM1wU_a5xvTvfPcutHuKvNuV9SBKH1L0cg25E5lLVcl8_sObmG2U5Gge6lGqR737oyEWtMak9MN1T1pJpBjP4gvaGONw9Pouv2aey7YgYlv-Y_Pf9iBnPDZGG5cYmrW1U_ysTPHxZuEwuxxX4YQZdmGM6urI0GHAAy_tPxBYo6dolfwtGrBrD4q4bPZaIc2_J5vPSApRiRYtFVx1fVZDD92g-FvL213OtxdqTun4K2_QwruPa8EjRS7MkMFmfF9nzE/https%3A%2F%2Fslate.com%2Ftechnology%2F2020%2F04%2Fnew-jersey-unemployment-cobol-coronavirus.html > > > > Had to laugh at IBM saying "We're giving away COBOL training to help with > this!" - right, just what we need, newbie COBOL programmers fixing > mission-critical systems. Plus I can't imagine that this doesn't require > use of tricky stuff like ISPF and JCL. A very weak attempt to jump on the > bandwagon, I'm afraid. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
