Yup, my first job (internship) was trivial. Learn and write COBOL. I'd just finished a good solid 370 assembler class. On the other hand, that was also language number 4. Fortran, PASCAL, Assembler. So far I've never C'd but if/when I need to, I don't expect a lot of trouble.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 9:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? Gibney, Dave wrote: > Why should what language is taught matter, after the second or third > language, IF you are a programmer, it's just another language. Mostly > syntax, some semantics. > Agreed. But, the closer to "the metal" a language takes you, the more about "the metal" you learn. The best C programmers I know are also assembler language programmers. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
