I started as an Assembler application programmer 37 years ago. No COBOL at all, ever.
Mike Shaw MVS/QuickRef Support Chicago-Soft, Ltd On Jan 15, 2014 6:04 PM, "Tony Thigpen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you saying that all assembler programmers (including those on the > Assembler-List) are only for Systems Programmers? I am sure there are a > lot of assembler application programmers here also. > > Tony Thigpen > > -----Original Message ----- > From: Gord Tomlin > Sent: 01/15/2014 05:53 PM > >> On 2014-01-15 17:17, Tony Thigpen wrote: >> >>> (Most Mainframe assembler programmers did time as a COBOL programmer.) >>> >> >> Interesting assertion. The majority of systems programmers I know did >> not come from an applications programming background. Personally, I've >> only written one COBOL program since university, which means it's the >> only one I wrote without using a keypunch. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, Gord Tomlin >> Action Software International >> (a division of Mazda Computer Corporation) >> Tel: (905) 470-7113, Fax: (905) 470-6507 >> >> >>
