Indeed, I am one such. Though I did once have systems programming responsibilities long ago in a galaxy far, far away (VM/VSE/SP), most of my professional life (before and after the systems programming stint) has been spent as an application programmer of one sort or another, a significant part of it in assembler as well as COBOL and a smattering of other languages.
Peter -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Carmine Cannatello's book 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 > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system.
