> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > > Gibney, Dave wrote: > > I'm not really an assembler programmer, but I've known this one since > > my earliest days. I'm sure it was in the 370 Pop I used in my one and > > only assembler programming class in 1979. Good class, I have a job today > > because I took that class, did an internship the next semester and here > > I am today :) > > Which is a good reason for every company to sponsor > an Assembler class for every one of their z/OS > programmers, right? We're ready. :)
Long ago and far away, during a "group job interview" (aka "tour de farce"), the "interviewer" stated that programmers could "code CICS programs in their language of choice, whether it be C, COBOL or PL/I." I asked, "Assembler?" He replied, "Anybody who even *thinks* about coding in Assembler should be shot!" I bid them all Good Day and departed immediately. To this day I have the impression that many "COBOL shops" actually *fear* Assembler and/or anybody who professes even the slightest proficiency with it. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html