On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Howard Brazee <[email protected]>wrote:
> People don't need college to learn Java. Java's available for free, > it handles the kind of applications an amateur knows & likes to play > with, and it is easy to find help on the Web. > People don't need college to learn brain surgery, either, though the results MAY be better. I'd actually not argue for "college", but for mature, skilled OJT. The problem with all too much code on all sides of the fence is folks who have no training and just hack things together. CoBOL is designed to handle business needs. Hobbyists not only don't > have those needs on their PCs, they don't really understand them. > Strewth! I have seen posts on both sides of this thread saying that they > haven't seen any "good code" on the other side. I suspect that > these are based upon incompatible definitions of "good code". > Mmm...not necessarily incompatible, but definitely different perspectives, I imagine! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
