Re: [Nolug] COBOL

Smart move.

Brett

B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
On Sep 18, 2011 10:11 AM, "Clint Billedeaux" <clint@fastbadge.com> wrote:
> Just asking because I ran into a fellow who handles accounting things over
> at the Michoud facility and he seemed to make a point of saying that COBOL
> programmers are retiring in huge numbers and many of the systems there are
> programmed in COBOL. It makes sense that those guys would be retiring, but
> it just seems like it might be worth devoting a couple years to studying a
> language that underpins major government and financial systems AND has a
> dwindling number of capable programmers.
>
> Anyway. Thanks for the references. It really looks like I'm going to have
> to find some old guy who wants to teach for me to be able to learn it.
>
> -Clint
>
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Michael Walker <doublethrow@gmail.com
>wrote:
>
>> I reached out to a few ex-Whitney Bank techs on the question, but if
>> anyone else knows folks who work(ed) out in the Harahan Ops center
>> before the Hancock acquisition, that's a good angle.
>>
>> --
>> Mike
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> Anyone know of some great tutorials/books on COBOL?
>> > COBOL is an extremely rare programming language for people to want to
>> use.
>> >
>> > There are tutorials, but there are not great tutorials out there. I
>> > think the nature of COBOL means that to some extent the concept of a
>> > "great COBOL tutorial" is self-contradicting.
>> > I would suggest try google "COBOL tutorial"
>> >
>> >
>> > Murach's Mainframe COBOL (2004) by Mike Murach?
>> >
>> > And some aspirin and other stress relief aids, to help ease the pain
>> > resulting from repeated banging of head against keyboard trying to
>> > get any non-trivial COBOL program implemented and doing useful work.
>> >
>> > --
>> > -JH
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