Kirk, You road to systems sounds like mine
Scott ford www.identityforge.com from my IPAD > On Jan 15, 2014, at 6:43 PM, Kirk Talman <[email protected]> wrote: > > I started as an EAM operator in 61, the scientific user/programmer in > Fortran and then taught self ASM-F. then taught self Cobol followed by > PL/I RPG.... Was about to go to MVT internals to be trained to be sysprog > when I went into full time ASM. Along the way did VTAM and wrote a > testing "app" for session manager. I am back to Appl Prog using ASM Cobol > VSAM IMS DB2 .... > > My experience is that there is at least one person who knows and uses ASM > who came from almost all imaginable backgrounds. If you still do ASM you > are lucky and have 4110,0001 in your blood. > > The only real difference between programming languages are how procedural > they are, how flexible they are, how efficient they are and how obnoxious > their syntax. Otherwise they are all the same. Just like the humans who > invented and use them. > > IBM Mainframe Assembler List <[email protected]> wrote on > 01/15/2014 06:27:08 PM: > >> From: Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> > >> I came through applications programming ... not systems programming. > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this communication (including any > attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the > personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom > it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this > communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, > or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any > action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original > message. Thank you
