[Default] On 16 Mar 2021 14:45:52 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:57:59 +0000, Bill Johnson wrote: > >>There are quite a few colleges that offer mainframe classes & lots of young >>people working on it. Too many have bought the mainframe is dead idiocy. For >>decades. The mainframe still processes the vast majority of important work >>and will for decades to come, long after most of us here are gone. >> ... >Or, make python, javascript, ruby, etc. available under z/OS for a >competitive cash outlay. > >The recent "COBOL ... change in behavior ..." thread might provoke a >feeding frenzy among the airline magazines. > If the numeric field was actually PIC S99 in which case the code is correct else it was PIC 99 as posted in which case the code should be APARed. Clark Morris > >>On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 3:45 PM, Brian Chapman wrote: >> >>In my opinion, it's a shame that it is this difficult to find a free >>academic platform for individuals like the one you described. Master the >>Mainframe is a great place to start, but it does not go deep enough. >>There's a reason why preteens are writing python, javascript, ruby, etc. >>IBM needs to change their perspective and culture to encourage >>young individuals to the mainframe. > >-- gil > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
