ME Too!! I can't remember ever using my Fortran after the class was over. Luckily the instructor also offered an assembler class that he taught "on the side" for an extra $50. I still use the stuff he taught us almost every day.
Brian On Sat, 17 Sep 2022 19:29:01 +0000, Farley, Peter x23353 <peter.far...@broadridge.com> wrote: >My experience was the opposite of yours over a few more years (50). I learned >assembler early via OJT at one of my first permanent jobs, and got to use it >more and more as I moved to other employers. Knowing assembler got me in the >door at more than one of those employers. > >It was the FORTRAN I learned in engineering college that I never used anywhere >else. > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of >Bob T Roller >Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2022 3:17 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: Assembler courses > >Learning assembler is like taking latin in high school. It might help you on >Jeopardy but will not be of much help in real life. I took assembler in >college & never used it and never worked at an employer that used it. That’s a >dozen+ employers over 45 years. > >Sent from Proton Mail for iOS > >On Fr , Sep 16, 2022 at 10:11 PM, Gary Weinhold <weinh...@dkl.com> wrote: > >> To help a person who has COBOL and C language experience learn to write >> assembler, I would like them to learn from the start both reentrant and >> baseless coding techniques. Is there training available that assumes the >> instruction set available on the z12 is the starting point and that teaches >> reentrancy as the norm? >> >> (Cross-posted to IBM-Main and Assembler-list) >> >> Gary Weinhold >> Senior Application Architect >> DATAKINETICS | Data Performance & Optimization >> Phone:+1.613.523.5500 x216 >> Email: weinh...@dkl.com >-- > >This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the >addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If >the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized >representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have >received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail >and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
