RE: [Nolug] COBOL

I tend to agree. I think there is going to be a good market for COBOL programmers in the next several years.

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From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Clint Billedeaux
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 10:11 AM
To: nolug@nolug.org
Subject: Re: [Nolug] COBOL

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<mailto: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.

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On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com<mailto:mysidia@gmail.com>> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Clint Billedeaux <clint@fastbadge.com<mailto: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.
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