WISP??? -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:48 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
[External Email. Exercise caution when clicking links or opening attachments.] It's an AI language and it operates by matching things against rules. It's a totally different approach from LISP, which also doesn't look much like COBOL. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 4:30 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic I'm not familiar with Prolog, but if it doesn't (in John's words) do Input, Process or Output I can see it wouldn't have much in common with COBOL. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are. -Mark Twain */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 15:53 I don't see much commonality between, e.g., COBOL and Prolog. ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Nightwatch RenBand [johnmattson...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 11:06 AM I totally agree with Bob Bridges. It can be boiled down to "all programming languages do the same things, just in, of ten, slightly different ways." Learn one, and you have a head start to learning any of them. Best thing I learned: Virtually all programs come down to Input, Process, Output. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
