On 3 May 2007 12:12:44 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Levy) wrote: >I went through this exact route. I was a sysprog for a number of years >than transitioned over to software development on the mainframe. I moved >over to development on OS/2 and than windows. The tools and debuggers >made it quite a bit easier but I still had to learn/understand platform >specific content. That took the time. I did not have to spend much time >in "how things worked" but Chris is right a Guru has experience of many >years.
A lot of the differences are in discovering where things are, as well as the tools. For instance, for a programmer setting up a jBuilder environment and understanding all the interactions can be more difficult than learning Java. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

