Things like the ABC's of System Programming are really good. But
without #1, they aren't much help to someone interested.
On 3/5/2019 7:09 AM, Bill Ogden wrote:
When learning a complex new concept, a hardcopy manual where you can
stick a finger in a page, flip backwards, view multiple pages at once,
refer to another chapter etc. is much easier than softcopy. Is it
surprising that a 1000 page manual contains information that softcopy
users never see?
50 years from now, when Ph.D. students are writing dissertations on "Why
the mainframe disappeared" I suspect they will narrow the search to two
very basic, interrelated issues:
1. Lack of a hands-on hobby version, and
2. Lack of good study documentation.
On-line manuals are great for looking up an isolated fact; IMHO, they
leave much to be desired for serious study.
Bill Ogden
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