I agree, I started on the Mainframe with CICS. Once it was understood, it
was easier.
Then again I used mostly Assembler, COBOL was a luxury we did not have the
memory for most of the time.
I know I'll get gasps of horror when I say this but I wish IBM had put more
effort into the CICS on IBM i, (at the time OS/400) it might have survived.
That said in today's world so much is moving to graphical that it would not
matter in the end.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
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Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2018 2:28 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: New IT personnel
"MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 06/07/2018
03:03:46 PM:
Hmmm...one is a COBOLer? Is your shop limited to RPG only?
Making the transition from mainframe (Z-OS) COBOL to the midrange is
not that hard - he already has a great headstart. His biggest problem
will be interactive design/programs - much easier to learn on the IBM
i than the mainframe ;-)
I wouldn't say that. I've been doing interactive programming on
both the mainframe (38 years) and the IBM i (26 years). I find interactive
programming on the IBM i to be much harder. But, YMMV of course.
Sincerely,
Dave Clark
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