On Tue, 06 May 2008 22:09:07 -0400, Graham Hobbs <ghobbs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>Isn't Python just a script tool?
It compiles to byte code, similar to Java and .NET (CIL). There has been
some work on JIT
compilation and straight compilation via C++.
AcuCobol and R/M Cobol compile to byte code. I wouldn't call them 'just a
script tool.'
>On Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:47 -0500, Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:59:53 -0700 (PDT), len <lsumnler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>Hi all
>>>
>>>I originally got my start into programming back in '74 at Corp.
>>>Allstate as an IBM 360 assembler programmer. Went to Corp Motorola
>>>after a couple of years where started programming in cobol and after a
>>>couple of years moved on to other companies coding cobol and was the
>>>manager of an IMS/DBDC department. I still code cobol on an old Wang
>>>Operating System running in a VM environment but since about 92 have
>>>coded in Topspeed, Python, Ruby some VB ,Access. Still coding cobol
>>>but have lost skills in jcl etc.
>>>
>>>Any advice on looking for jobs to get back in the mainframe
>>>environment.
>>
>>Search for keyword MVS. If they are still clinging to an operating
system name that was
>>obsolete eight years ago, you know their clock stopped at least a decade
ago.
>>
>>Re-learn CICS and DB2.
>>
>>Do not mention Python or Ruby on your resume nor in conversation.
Mainframers think that's
>>the enemy.
>>
>>In Chicagoland, Discover is always looking. Of course, there's a reason
why.
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