Gee, I didn't finish High School. Better slit my throat now... > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > P S > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 1:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Now is time for banks to replace core system according > to Accenture > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Howard Brazee <[email protected]>wrote: > > > People don't need college to learn Java. Java's available for free, > > it handles the kind of applications an amateur knows & likes to play > > with, and it is easy to find help on the Web. > > > > People don't need college to learn brain surgery, either, though the results > MAY be better. I'd actually not argue for "college", but for mature, skilled > OJT. The problem with all too much code on all sides of the fence is folks > who have no training and just hack things together. > > CoBOL is designed to handle business needs. Hobbyists not only don't > > have those needs on their PCs, they don't really understand them. > > > > Strewth! > > I have seen posts on both sides of this thread saying that they > > haven't seen any "good code" on the other side. I suspect that > > these are based upon incompatible definitions of "good code". > > > > Mmm...not necessarily incompatible, but definitely different perspectives, I > imagine! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
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