... what would be a good place to start with his self study? I've been "around" cobol (ok, COBOL) for years, and some of the cobol today looks a lot different than the cobol of the early '80s.
I see on IBM's web site Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V3R4, so I'm guessing this is the latest and greatest. I would like to write on z/OS, and run on z/OS, but in doing so, I want to be able port what knowledge I do gain to Windows as well. I've written OO code before, so I'm not opposed to jumping into OO COBOL with both feet if that's the best approach. I'm interested in both "batch" processes and interactive. Is there a common GUI interface? When coding on z/OS, should I set my sights on only using USS? My objectives of this code will be to exercise DB2 on z/OS, from near (z/OS) and afar (Windows). Utilmately, I would like to run the same application on both (either) z/OS or Windows. Am I shooting too far? Or, am I barking up the wrong "language" tree, and need to be using Java or C++ instead? Thanks, Todd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
