[Default] On 6 Dec 2016 13:44:13 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Steve Thompson) wrote:
>Where I work we do a lot of COBOL. > >In fact, l use it as a tool to generate JOBs (JCL). I've even used it to help >diagnose system problems. Could you elaborate on how you use COBOL for system problem diagnosis. A retired COBOL programmer who used COBOL as the primary language in a file and program usage system that included parsing SMF 30 records wants to know. Clark Morris > >People who know COBOL can do amazing things with it. > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 6, 2016, at 4:27 PM, Barkow, Eileen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This is from a LYNDA.COM COBOL course (using the free GNU COOBL on WINDOWS >> under CYGWIN). >> I thought that some people might be interested in the big bucks being >> offered to COBOL programmers. >> That is certainly news to me. And there was even a reference to the old >> days when the code had to be punched into cards. >> >> " >> COBOL is an endangered language. But it once ran 80% of the world's business >> systems: thousands of mission-critical applications that still exist today. >> Some companies want to upgrade and transition their COBOL applications to >> more modern frameworks; others want to stick with COBOL's relatively stable >> platform. In either case, hiring managers are willing to pay a premium for >> candidates who know how to take on COBOL's challenges. For this reason, >> programmers are learning COBOL again. >> " >> >> ________________________________ >> >> This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or >> otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you >> received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send >> it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its >> attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete >> the e-mail from your system. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
