> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of John McKown > > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:34:22 -0500, Chase, John wrote: > <snip> > > > >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. > > IMO, most shops today fear any and all programmers who could be considered > "above average", regardless of the language that they use. Why? Because > their code will be harder to understand than the simple code written by less > talented. That means that the code is more difficult, and thus expensive, to > maintain. Today is the day of the "mediocre-ocaracy" instead of the > "meritocracy". "Good enough" is better than "excellent". Because "excellent" > costs more. And any pay back is long term, not short. "Eat, drink, and be > merry for tomorrow we change jobs and leave our junkie problems behind!"
Hmmm.... I attribute today's mediocrity to the "enterprise wannabe, consumer-grade operating system". -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
