I would have thought that if you understand record i/o, possibly SQL (although if it's such an ancient system, it will be flat files). All you need after that is the ability to use the COMPUTE statement.
Although it seems that the good old fashioned systems analyst who understood payroll has gone from the IT world. On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 12:22 PM scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Say the least they didn’t mention cheap companies outsource to make a buck > or the pi...poor managers who don’t have a clue about design or > implementation or performance. > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:11 PM Wayne Bickerdike <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > He lost me when he jumped on the Harley Davidson. The COBOL of > motorcycles. > > > > For reliability and performance, you would pick Yamaha, followed by > Honda. > > > > Flame on, yankees. > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 5:17 AM Paul Gilmartin < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Unemployment checks are being held up by a coding language almost > nobody > > > knows - The Verge > > > > > > > > > https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/14/21219561/coronavirus-pandemic-unemployment-systems-cobol-legacy-software-infrastructure > > > > > > -- gil > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > > > -- > > Wayne V. Bickerdike > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > -- > Scott Ford > IDMWORKS > z/OS Development > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
