> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock
>
> Gibney, Dave wrote:
> > I'm not really an assembler programmer, but I've known this one
since
> > my earliest days. I'm sure it was in the 370 Pop I used in my one
and
> > only assembler programming class in 1979. Good class, I have a job
today
> > because I took that class, did an internship the next semester and
here
> > I am today :)
>
> Which is a good reason for every company to sponsor
> an Assembler class for every one of their z/OS
> programmers, right? We're ready. :)
Long ago and far away, during a "group job interview" (aka "tour de
farce"), the "interviewer" stated that programmers could "code CICS
programs in their language of choice, whether it be C, COBOL or PL/I."
I asked, "Assembler?" He replied, "Anybody who even *thinks* about
coding in Assembler should be shot!" I bid them all Good Day and
departed immediately.
To this day I have the impression that many "COBOL shops" actually
*fear* Assembler and/or anybody who professes even the slightest
proficiency with it.
-jc-
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